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Common Names
Fenugreek; Greek Clover; Greek Hay; Bockshornklee (Ger.); Alholva (Sp.)
How this plant is used
Food
Select a Results View:
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEOTIGONENIN | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NIACIN | 39 | Seed | 2.1 | 16.0 | -0.80 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NICOTINAMIDE | 2 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NICOTINIC-ACID | 11 | Seed | 0.0 | 35.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| OCTADECATRIENOIC-ACID | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | 300000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Seed Oil | 186000.0 | 319800.0 | -0.01 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ORIENTIN | 4 | 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. |
| ORIENTIN-ARABINOSIDE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ORIENTIN-ARABINOSIDE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| OXALIC-ACID | 9 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-COUMARIC-ACID | 25 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-COUMARIC-ACID | 25 | Stem | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Seed Oil | not available | 276300.0 | 0.63 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITOLEIC-ACID | 2 | Seed Oil | not available | 2100.0 | -0.67 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PEROXIDASE | 0 | Sprout Seedling | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHENOLS | 0 | Fruit | 6170.0 | 14730.0 | 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. |
| PHENOLS | 0 | Seed | 9420.0 | 19450.0 | 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. |
| PHENYLALANINE | 7 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiheartburn | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihematuric | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihemolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihemorrhagic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antihemorrhoidal | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihepatitic | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antihepatomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihepatotic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antihepatotoxic | 6 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antiherpetic | 10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiherpetic? | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihiccup | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antihistaminic | 10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiHIV | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihomocysteine | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antihomocystinuric | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antihydrophobic | 1 | Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart. |
| Antihyperactivity | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antihyperammonemic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antihyperglycemic | 1 | Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp. |