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
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Seed	5070.0	39000.0	-0.27	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Seed	23220.0	29790.0	0.64	Duke, 1992 *
BEHENIC-ACID	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BEHENIC-ACID	1	Seed Oil	not available	26400.0	1.51	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Leaf	23.0	278.0	0.07	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CAROTENE	53	Seed	not available	0.2	-0.42	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-MANNANAN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Seed	800.0	1000.0	-0.25	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Tissue Culture	8.7	400.0	-0.72	Duke, 1992 *
BIOTIN	4	Sprout Seedling	not available	not available	not available	ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
CALCIUM	28	Leaf	not available	12900.0	-0.38	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Seed	95.0	730.0	-0.63	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL	2	Seed	not available	180.0	-0.25	Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
CAMPESTEROL	2	Tissue Culture	not available	10.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Seed	76830.0	591000.0	0.27	Duke, 1992 *
CARPAINE	17	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.
CATECHOLS	0	Fruit	2600.0	4900.0	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.

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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).