Plant Trigonella foenum-graecum (Fabaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Fenugreek; Greek Clover; Greek Hay; Bockshornklee (Ger.); Alholva (Sp.)

How this plant is used

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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
NEOTIGONENIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Seed	2.1	16.0	-0.80	Duke, 1992 *
NICOTINAMIDE	2	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NICOTINIC-ACID	11	Seed	0.0	35.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
OCTADECATRIENOIC-ACID	0	Seed Oil	not available	300000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed Oil	186000.0	319800.0	-0.01	Duke, 1992 *
ORIENTIN	4	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
ORIENTIN-ARABINOSIDE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ORIENTIN-ARABINOSIDE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OXALIC-ACID	9	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-COUMARIC-ACID	25	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID	13	Seed Oil	not available	276300.0	0.63	Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID	2	Seed Oil	not available	2100.0	-0.67	Duke, 1992 *
PEROXIDASE	0	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
PHENOLS	0	Fruit	6170.0	14730.0	not available	Singh, J., Gupta, K., and Arora, S.K. 1993. Changes in the anti-nutritional factors of developing seeds and pod walls of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum L.). Plant Foods for Human Nutrition. 46: 77-84, 1994.
PHENOLS	0	Seed	9420.0	19450.0	not available	Singh, J., Gupta, K., and Arora, S.K. 1993. Changes in the anti-nutritional factors of developing seeds and pod walls of fenugreek (Trigonella foenum graecum L.). Plant Foods for Human Nutrition. 46: 77-84, 1994.
PHENYLALANINE	7	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Uterotrophic	3	Duke, 1992 *
VAM-Stimulant	1	Chau (1985) in Purseglove et al. Acta Botanica Sinica, 2.
Varroacide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vasoconstrictor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Vasodilator	13	Duke, 1992 *
Vasopressor	2	Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor	6	Duke, 1992 *
Vermicide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Viristat	1	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Vulnerary	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor	5	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).