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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
FENUGRIN-A 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FENUGRIN-B 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FENUGRIN-B 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FENUGRIN-C 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FENUGRIN-D 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FENUGRIN-E 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Seed 10000.0 500000.0 2.88 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER(CRUDE) 0 Seed not available 87000.0 -0.35 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER(DIETARY) 0 Seed not available 480000.0 -1.38 Duke, 1992 *
FIXED-OIL 0 Seed 103000.0 200000.0 -0.41 Duke, 1992 *
FLAVONOLS 0 Fruit 7100.0 15500.0 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.
FLAVONOLS 0 Seed 16100.0 27400.0 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.
FOENUGRAECIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FOLACIN 15 Plant not available 1.0 -1.10 Kameoka, H. and Nakai, K. 1987. Components of essential oil from the root of Glycyrrhiza-glabra. Nippon Gogeikagaku Kaishi 61(9): 1119-1122.
FOLIC-ACID 23 Plant not available 1.0 -0.94 Kameoka, H. and Nakai, K. 1987. Components of essential oil from the root of Glycyrrhiza-glabra. Nippon Gogeikagaku Kaishi 61(9): 1119-1122.
FORMONONETIN 16 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FRUCTOSE 8 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FRUCTOSE 8 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
FUROST-5-ENE-3-BETA-22-26-TRIOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GALACTINOL 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
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).