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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Trigonella foenum-graecum (Fabaceae)

Common Names
Fenugreek; Greek Clover; Greek Hay; Bockshornklee (Ger.); Alholva (Sp.)
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
3-HYDROXY-4,5-DIMETHYL-2-FURANONE 0 Seed *
4',7-DIHYDROXYFLAVONE 0 Plant *
4-HYDROXYISOLEUCINE 0 Seed 180.0 7400.0 *
4-HYDROXYISOLEUCINE-LACTONE 0 Seed 40.0 *
4-METHYL-7-ACETOXYCOUMARIN 0 Stem *
5-METHYL-DELTA-CAPROLACTONE 0 Seed Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
7-ACETOXY-4-METHYLCOUMARIN 0 Plant *
ACETYL-CHOLINE 19 Plant *
ALANINE 3 Seed 8720.0 11220.0 0.23 *
ALKALOIDS 0 Seed 130.0 3000.0 -0.66 *
ALPHA-GALACTOSIDASE 0 Plant *
ALPHA-MANNOSIDASE 0 Plant *
ALUMINUM 5 Seed 46.0 350.0 0.22 *
APIGENIN 101 Plant Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
ARABINOSE 0 Seed *
ARACHIDIC-ACID 0 Seed *
ARGININE 14 Leaf *
ARGININE 14 Seed 22230.0 27115.0 0.10 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Leaf 520.0 -0.40 *
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Seed 78.0 600.0 0.02 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Paralytic 2 *
Parasiticide 1 Martindale's 29th
Parasympathomimetic 2 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Percutaneostimulant 1 Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfumery 2 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Peristaltic 1 *
Peroxidase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Pesticide 30 *
PGE2-Inhibitor 1 *
Phagocytotic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Phospholipase-Inhibitor 1 *
Phytoalexin 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Piscicide 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Pituitary-sensitizer 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Pituitary-Stimulant 1 *
PKC-Inhibitor 1 *
Plasmodicide 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor 2 *
Poultice 1 Martindale's 29th
Preservative 1 Merck 11th Edition