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

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
Anticolitic	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticomplementary	3	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCrohn's	4	Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiCVI	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticystinuric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticystitic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antidandruff	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidecubitic	3	Martindale's 28th
Antideliriant	1	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Antidiabetic?	1	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.