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Plant 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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
GRAECUNIN-E 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GRAECUNIN-F 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GRAECUNIN-G 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GRAECUNIN-H-1 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GRAECUNIN-H-2 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GRAECUNIN-H-3 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GRAECUNIN-H-4 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GRAECUNIN-H... 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GRAECUNIN-H... 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GRAECUNIN-I 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GRAECUNIN-J 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GRAECUNIN-K 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GRAECUNIN-L 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GRAECUNIN-M 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GRAECUNIN-N 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GRAECUNIN-N 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GRIGONELLOSIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEXADECANE 0 Seed not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
HISTIDINE 7 Seed 4850.0 7350.0 0.33 Duke, 1992 *
HOMOORIENTIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Paralytic 2 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
PGE2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
PKC-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Plasmodicide 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Poultice 1 Martindale's 29th
Preservative 1 Merck 11th Edition