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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.
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
SODIUM 1 Seed 75.0 580.0 0.20 Duke, 1992 *
SOTOLONE 0 Seed 4.0 25.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SPIROSTA-3-5-DIENE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SPIROSTA-3-5-DIENE 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SPIROSTAN-3-5-DIENE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SPIROSTAN-3-5-DIENE 0 Pericarp not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SPIROSTAN-3-5-DIENE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SPIROSTAN-3-5-DIENE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SPIROSTAN-3-5-DIENE 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STACHYOSE 1 Fruit 400.0 6100.0 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.
STACHYOSE 1 Seed 900.0 12300.0 -0.69 Duke, 1992 *
STARCH 5 Seed 19500.0 150000.0 -0.65 Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed Oil not available 107400.0 -0.06 Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL 12 Seed not available 70.0 -0.44 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
STIGMASTEROL 12 Tissue Culture 12.0 400.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
SUCROSE 14 Fruit 400.0 2500.0 -0.73 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.
SUCROSE 14 Seed 1200.0 12700.0 -0.52 Duke, 1992 *
SUGARS 0 Fruit 9300.0 49300.0 -0.68 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.
SUGARS 0 Seed 44200.0 116700.0 1.60 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.
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List of plant activities.
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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 *