Review Article

Foeniculum vulgare Mill: A Review of Its Botany, Phytochemistry, Pharmacology, Contemporary Application, and Toxicology

Table 6

Volatile compounds present in essential oil of Foeniculum vulgare.

Sr. numberCompounds

1 -Thujene
21,8-Cineol
3 -Ocimene
4Linalool
5Germacrene D
6Anisketone
7Apiol
8 -Hexadecanoic acid
9Cubebene
10Benzene-1-methyl-4-(1-methylethyl)- -cymene
111,3,6-Octatriene, 3,7-dimethyl-, (E)-3-carene
122-Heptene
133-Methyl-butanal
14 -Pinene
15Camphene
16Hexanal
17 -Pinene
18 -Phellandrene
19 -Phellanrrene
20 -Myrcene
214-Carene
222-Heptanohe
23Limonene
244-Methyl-bicyclo 3.1.0 hex-2-ene
25Eucalyptol
26 -Pinene
27 -Terpinene
287-Dimethyl-1,3,7-octriene
292,4-Dimethyl-benzenamine
303-Carene
31Cathine
322-Heptanol
332-Propyn-1-ol
342,6-Dimethyl-2,4,6-octatriene
35Fenchone
361-Methyl-4-(1-methylethyl)-benzene
37cis-Limonene oxide
38trans-Limonene oxide
396-Methylene-bicyclo 3.1.0 hexane
40Sabinene hydrate
41Fenchyl acetate
42Camphor
43Benzaldehyde
441,3-Butanediol
45Dicyclopropyl carbinol
46Fenchol
471-Octanol
485-Methyl-2-heptanol
49Tetradecyl-oxirane
50Estragole
51Trans- -2,8-menthadien-1-ol
52 -Terpinol
53cis-p-2,8-Menthadien
544-Methyl-1-(methylethyl)-3-cyclohexen
552-Methyl-5-(1-methylethyl)-2-cyclohexen-1-one
56Phenylmethyl-formic ester
572,3-Cyclohexen-1-methanol
58 Epi-bicyclosesquiphellardrene
59cis- -Menth-2,8-dienol
601,4-Dimethoxy-benzene
611-Methoxy-4-(1-propenyl)-benzene
621,2,4a,5,8,8a-Hexadehyde-naphthalene
634-Methyl-bicyclo 3.1.1 hept-3-en-2-ol
64trans-Anethole 73.20 73.27 66.71
65Allantoic acid
662-Methyl-5-(1-methylethyl)-phenol
67Mannoheptulose
682-Methyl-5-(1-methylethyl)-2-cyclohexen-1-ol
691-Undecanol
70Benzothiazole
71E-Pinane
722-Cyclohexen-1-ol
732-Methyl-bezenemethanol
744-Methoxy-benzaldehyde
751,6-Hexanediol
762-Methoxycyclohexanone
77 -Elemenone
78Mephenesin
794′-Methoxy-acetophenone
802-Methyl-3-methylethyl-butanoic acid
81Folic acid
821-(Methoxyphenyl)-2-propanone
831-Methyl-3-(1-methylethyl)-benzene
844-Fluorohistamine
851,2-Dimethoxy-4-(1-propenyl)-benzene
86 (E)-2-Hydroxy-4-cyano-stilbene
871-(3-Methoxyphenyl)-1-propanone