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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
TRIGOFORIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIGOFORIN 0 Stem not available 20.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIGONELLA-FOENUM-GRACEUM-FLAVONE-GLYCOSIDE 0 Seed not available 600.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIGONELLA-FOENUM-GRACEUM-GALACTOMANNAN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIGONELLA-GALACTOMANNAN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIGONELLA-GLYCOSIDE-B 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIGONELLIC-ACID 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIGONELLINE 15 Cotyledon not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIGONELLINE 15 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIGONELLINE 15 Seed 1300.0 4000.0 0.51 Duke, 1992 *
TRIGONELLINE 15 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIGONELLOSIDE-C 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIGONELLOSIDE-C 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRIGONELLOSIDES 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
TRILLIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRYPSIN-INHIBITOR-TFI-A-8 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRYPSIN-INHIBITOR-TFI-N-2 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Seed 2800.0 4300.0 0.33 Duke, 1992 *
TYROSINE 8 Seed 6410.0 8400.0 0.15 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 *