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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
FENUGRIN-A 0 Seed *
FENUGRIN-B 0 Plant *
FENUGRIN-B 0 Seed *
FENUGRIN-C 0 Seed *
FENUGRIN-D 0 Seed *
FENUGRIN-E 0 Seed *
FIBER 15 Seed 10000.0 500000.0 2.88 *
FIBER(CRUDE) 0 Seed 87000.0 -0.35 *
FIBER(DIETARY) 0 Seed 480000.0 -1.38 *
FIXED-OIL 0 Seed 103000.0 200000.0 -0.41 *
FLAVONOLS 0 Fruit 7100.0 15500.0 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 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 *
FOLACIN 15 Plant 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 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 *
FRUCTOSE 8 Plant *
FRUCTOSE 8 Seed *
FUROST-5-ENE-3-BETA-22-26-TRIOL 0 Seed *
GALACTINOL 0 Plant *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticolitic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticomplementary 3 *
Anticonvulsant 4 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.
Anticorneotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticoronary 7 *
AntiCrohn's 4 Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS 1 *
AntiCVI 1 *
Anticystinuric 1 *
Anticystitic 2 *
Antidandruff 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidecubitic 3 Martindale's 28th
Antideliriant 1 *
Antidementia 10 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidepressant 11 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidepressant? 1 *
Antidermatic 1 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Antidermatitic 7 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Antidiabetic 14 *
Antidiabetic? 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.