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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
GALACTOMANNAN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GALACTOMANNAN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC-ACID 22 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GENISTEIN 81 Seed not available 10.0 -0.30 Duke, 1992 *
GENTIANINE 24 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.
GITOGENIN 1 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GITOGENIN 1 Pericarp not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GITOGENIN 1 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GITOGENIN 1 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GITOGENIN 1 Seed 100.0 130.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
GITOGENIN 1 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GITOGENIN 1 Tissue Culture not available 10.7 not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Seed 39880.0 43870.0 0.09 Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE 12 Seed 10630.0 14366.0 0.49 Duke, 1992 *
GRAECUNIN-A 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GRAECUNIN-B 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GRAECUNIN-B 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GRAECUNIN-C 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GRAECUNIN-C 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GRAECUNIN-D 0 Leaf not available not available not available 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 *