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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
PHENYLALANINE 7 Seed 10320.0 11980.0 0.05 Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE-AMMONIA-LYASE 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHATASE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Seed 374.0 2880.0 -0.65 Duke, 1992 *
PHYTASE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHYTATE 0 Fruit 6600.0 24520.0 2.48 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.
PHYTATE 0 Seed 6450.0 29760.0 2.20 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.
PHYTIC-ACID 9 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Seed not available 1400.0 -0.27 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
POLYSACCHARIDES 0 Seed 19500.0 280000.0 1.41 Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Seed 133.0 1020.0 -1.02 Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE 0 Seed 11980.0 17800.0 1.27 Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 39780.0 306000.0 0.64 Duke, 1992 *
PROTOPECTIN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PYRAZINE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PYRIDOXINE 43 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN 176 Flower not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN 176 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN 176 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN 176 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.
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List of plant activities.
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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.