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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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
(25-R)-SPIROSTA-3-5-DIENE 0 Seed *
2,5-DIMETHYL-PYRAZINE 0 Seed *
2,6-DIMETHYL-PYRAZINE 0 Seed *
2-ETHYL-3-METHYL-PYRAZINE 0 Seed *
2-ETHYL-5-METHYL-PYRAZINE 0 Seed *
2-ETHYL-PYRAZINE 0 Seed *
2-METHOXY-3-METHYLPYRAZINE 0 Seed *
2-METHOXY-3-SEC-BUTYL-PYRAZINE 0 Seed *
2-METHYL-PYRAZINE 0 Seed *
2-METHYL-THIO-3-ISO-PROPYL-PYRAZINE 0 Seed *
24-XI-ETHYL-CHOLEST-5-EN-3-BETA-OL 0 Seed *
25(S)-TIGOGENIN 0 Seed *
25-(S)-DIOSGENIN 0 Seed *
25-ALPHA-SPIROSTA-3,5-DIENE 0 Seed *
25-BETA-SPIROSTA-3-5-DIENE 0 Seed *
3',4',7-TRIHYDROXYFLAVONE 0 Plant *
3'-METHOXY-QUERCETIN 0 Leaf *
3,4,7-TRIMETHYLCOUMARIN 0 Stem *
3-BETA-HYDROXY-PREGNA-5-16-DIEN-20-ONE 0 Seed *
3-BETA-O-(L-RHAMNOSYL)-(1-4)-(L-RHAMNOSYL)-(GLUCOSYL)-SPIROST-5-EN-3-BETA-OL 0 Seed *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antieczemic 5 (View) Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic 6 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antielastase 2 (View) *
Antiemetic 1 (View) Martindale's 28th
Antiencephalitic 2 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic 7 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antiencephalopathic? 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antiendoccytotic 1 (View) Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Antiendometriotic 2 (View) *
Antienterotic 1 (View) *
Antiepileptic 6 (View) *
Antierythemic 1 (View) *
Antiescherichic 1 (View) *
Antiesherichic 1 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiestrogenic 5 (View) Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antifatigue 7 (View) *
Antifeedant 7 (View) Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antifertility 4 (View) Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibrinolytic 2 (View) Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic 1 (View) *