| Sr No |
Application of fenugreek |
Responsible component of fenugreek |
References |
| General uses of fenugreek |
| 1. |
Culinary (colour, flavour, aroma) |
Seed, leaves |
23 |
| 2 |
Vegetable |
Leaves and seeds |
7 |
| 3 |
Ingredients in bread making with maize and wheat flour |
Seeds |
8 |
| 4 |
Forage |
Leaves, straws, immature seeds (proteins, vitamins, carbohydrates) |
3 |
| 5 |
Spice and seasoning |
Leaves and seeds |
6, 3 |
| 6 |
Cosmetics |
Seeds, leaves |
2 |
| 7 |
Paints |
Seeds, leaves |
2 |
| 8 |
Paper industries |
Leaves, seeds |
2 |
| 9 |
Organoleptic character improver |
Seeds, leaves |
6 |
| 10 |
Maple syrup and artificial flavouring |
Trigonelline |
2 |
| 11 |
Holy fumigants & embalming rites |
Smoke of fenugreek leaves |
26 |
| 12 |
Food |
Mixed with flour for bread, yellow dye |
6 |
| 13 |
Functional food |
Dietary fibre, galactomannan |
2 |
| 14 |
Flavouring |
Curries, condiments, pickles, chutneys |
6 |
| 15 |
Colouring dye |
Seeds |
2 |
| 16 |
Food Gum |
Seed |
18 |
| 17 |
Fenugreek as food stabilizer, adhesive and emulsifying agent |
Seed |
14, 3 |
| 18 |
Perfume |
Fenugreek oil |
6 |
| 19 |
Insect repellent |
Fenugreek oil |
26 |
| 20 |
Alcoholic beverages and perfumery |
Seeds |
14 |
| 21 |
Bread-making along with wheat and maize flour |
Seeds |
27, 28 |
| Medicinal uses of fenugreek |
| 1 |
Reduces the sugar level of the blood |
Seeds |
10 |
| 2 |
Reduces perspiration, fevers, treats allergies, bronchitis and congest |
Seeds, leaves |
82 |
| 4 |
Helps in loosening excess mucus and phlegm |
Seeds, leaves |
62 |
| 5 |
Treats sinus and lung congestion |
Seed |
56 |
| 6 |
Acts as infection agent |
Seeds, leaves |
18 |
| 7 |
Reduces congestion |
Seed |
10 |
| 8 |
Lowers blood pressure |
Seeds and leaves |
3 |
| 9 |
Carminative flatulence (prevents gas formation in digestive tract) |
Seed and leaves |
29 |
| 3 |
Aphrodisiac |
Seed leaves |
28 |
| 4 |
Pharmaceutical (raw material for hormones and therapeutic drugs) |
Steroids, flavonoids, alkaloids |
2 |
| 5 |
Wounds and sore muscles treatment |
Seeds and leaves |
29 |
| 6 |
Anti-bacterial |
Seeds and leaves |
3 |
| 7 |
Anti-cancer |
Seeds, leaves |
3, 29 |
| 8 |
Anti-ulcer |
Seeds leaves |
3 |
| 9 |
Anti-nociceptive (Pain reducing) |
Seeds leaves |
30 |
| 10 |
Anthelmintic |
Seeds and leaves |
31 |
| 11 |
Induces labour during child birth and delivery |
Seed |
30 |
| 12 |
Induces growth and reproduction hormones |
Diogenin hormones |
2 |
| 13 |
For immunomodulatory function |
Hormones |
29, 3 |
| 14 |
Hypocholesterolemic |
|
9, 3 |
| 15 |
Hypoglacimic |
|
32 |
| 16 |
Geastro-and hepatoprotective |
Leaves and seeds |
2 |
| 17 |
Antioxidant |
Seed, leaves |
33 |
| 18 |
Diabetes management |
Seed |
|
| 19 |
Cardiovascular health |
Bioactive compound |
2 |
| 20 |
Hair strengthening agent |
|
33 |
| 21 |
Prevents constipation |
Seed |
3 |
| 22 |
Improves digestion |
Seed, leaves |
| 23 |
Stimulates liver and spleen |
Seed, leaves |
| 24 |
Purifies blood |
Seed, leaves |
| 25 |
Serves as appetizer |
Seed, leaves |
| 26 |
Poultice for ulcers, boils and abscess |
The twigs and leaves |
| 27 |
Loweringofbloodcholesterol |
Seed, leaves |
24 |
