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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antidiarrheic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antidiscotic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antidiuretic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidote (Acetaminophen) | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antidote (Aluminum) | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antidote (Cadmium) | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antidote (Hydrazine) | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antidote (Hypoglycin-A) | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antidote (Iodine) | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antidote (Lead) | 3 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antidote (Mercury) | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antidote (Paracetamol) | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antidote (Paraquat) | 2 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antidote (pesticides) | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antidysenteric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidysgeuzic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidyskinetic | 5 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antidysmenorrheic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antidyspeptic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antidysphagic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |