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
3-HYDROXY-4,5-DIMETHYL-2-FURANONE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4',7-DIHYDROXYFLAVONE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-HYDROXYISOLEUCINE	0	Seed	180.0	7400.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-HYDROXYISOLEUCINE-LACTONE	0	Seed	not available	40.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-METHYL-7-ACETOXYCOUMARIN	0	Stem	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5-METHYL-DELTA-CAPROLACTONE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
7-ACETOXY-4-METHYLCOUMARIN	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETYL-CHOLINE	19	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE	3	Seed	8720.0	11220.0	0.23	Duke, 1992 *
ALKALOIDS	0	Seed	130.0	3000.0	-0.66	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-GALACTOSIDASE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-MANNOSIDASE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM	5	Seed	46.0	350.0	0.22	Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN	101	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
ARABINOSE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARACHIDIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Seed	22230.0	27115.0	0.10	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Leaf	not available	520.0	-0.40	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Seed	78.0	600.0	0.02	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
Antieczemic	5	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic	6	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antielastase	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiemetic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiencephalitic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic	7	Martindale's 29th
Antiencephalopathic?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiendoccytotic	1	Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Antiendometriotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antienterotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Antierythemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiesherichic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiestrogenic	5	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antifatigue	7	Duke, 1992 *
Antifeedant	7	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Antifertility	4	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibrinolytic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic	1	Duke, 1992 *