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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
(25-R)-SPIROSTA-3-5-DIENE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2,5-DIMETHYL-PYRAZINE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2,6-DIMETHYL-PYRAZINE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-ETHYL-3-METHYL-PYRAZINE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-ETHYL-5-METHYL-PYRAZINE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-ETHYL-PYRAZINE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-METHOXY-3-METHYLPYRAZINE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-METHOXY-3-SEC-BUTYL-PYRAZINE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-PYRAZINE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-THIO-3-ISO-PROPYL-PYRAZINE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
24-XI-ETHYL-CHOLEST-5-EN-3-BETA-OL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
25(S)-TIGOGENIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
25-(S)-DIOSGENIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
25-ALPHA-SPIROSTA-3,5-DIENE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
25-BETA-SPIROSTA-3-5-DIENE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3',4',7-TRIHYDROXYFLAVONE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3'-METHOXY-QUERCETIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3,4,7-TRIMETHYLCOUMARIN 0 Stem not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-BETA-HYDROXY-PREGNA-5-16-DIEN-20-ONE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3-BETA-O-(L-RHAMNOSYL)-(1-4)-(L-RHAMNOSYL)-(GLUCOSYL)-SPIROST-5-EN-3-BETA-OL 0 Seed 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
Antifibrosarcomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrotic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiflu 2 Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antifuruncular 1 Martindale's 28th
Antigallstone 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigastric 1 Rastitel'nye Resursy, 21: 85.
Antigastritic 3 Martindale's 29th
Antigastrotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigingivitic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglaucomic 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antigliomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiglossitic 4 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiglycosuric 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antigonadotropic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antigout 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antigranular 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antigrey 1 Martindale's 29th
AntiGTF 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihangover 5 Duke, 1992 *