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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
IRON 6 Seed 7.3 56.0 -0.44 Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Seed 10710.0 13650.0 0.40 Duke, 1992 *
ISOORIENTIN 4 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOORIENTIN-ARABINOSIDE 0 Seed not available 800.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCITRIN 22 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ISOVITEXIN 4 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
JAMOGENIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3,7-DIGLUCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-7-DIGLYCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-GLYCOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KILOCALORIES 0 Seed 2570.0 3400.0 -1.14 Duke, 1992 *
L-ARGININE 1 Seed not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
L-HISTIDINE 0 Seed not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
LECITHIN 20 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE 2 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE 2 Seed 16160.0 19327.0 0.21 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticapillary-Fragility 1 Merck 7th Ed.
Anticarcinogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticarcinomic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticarcinomic (Breast) 2 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticardiospasmic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticarpal-Tunnel 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract 11 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticephalagic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Anticerebrotic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticervicaldysplasic 5 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiCFS 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic 5 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antichoreic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticirrhotic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticlastogen 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticlimacteric 5 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Anticoeliac 1 Martindale's 28th
Anticold 2 Duke, 1992 *