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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Anethum graveolens (Apiaceae)

Common Names
Dill, Garden Dill
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
(+)-ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 0 Shoot *
(+)-CARVONE 2 Essential Oil *
(+)-CARVONE 2 Seed *
(+)-CARVONE 2 Seed Essent. Oil *
(+)-CIS-CARVEOL 0 Seed Essent. Oil *
(+)-LIMONENE 0 Essential Oil *
(+)-LIMONENE 0 Seed Essent. Oil *
(+)-TRANS-CARVEOL 0 Seed Essent. Oil *
(-)-CARVONE 0 Seed Essent. Oil *
(-)-CIS-CARVEOL 0 Seed Essent. Oil *
(-)-DIHYDROCARVONE 0 Seed *
(-)-LIMONENE 0 Essential Oil *
(-)-LIMONENE 0 Seed Essent. Oil *
(-)-TRANS-CARVEOL 0 Seed Essent. Oil *
1,4-TERPINENOL 0 Plant *
1,5-CINEOL 0 Seed Essent. Oil *
1,5-CINEOLE 0 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
1-DIHYDROCARVEOL 0 Leaf 10.0 30.0 *
1-DIHYDROCARVEOL 0 Seed 75.0 490.0 *
1-METHYL-4-ISOPROPENYL-BENZENE 0 Essential Oil *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
11B-HSD-Inhibitor 3 (View) *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor 6 (View) *
5-HT-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor 4 (View) *
ABeta-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Abortifacient 2 (View) *
Acaricide 6 (View) *
Acarifuge 1 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 8 (View) *
AChE-Inhibitor 1 (View) Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidulant 1 (View) Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Adenylate-Cyclase-Inhibitor 1 (View) *
Adrenergic 1 (View) Sabinsa: A series of well documented proprietary PR booklets,
e.g.Sabinsa Corps. 1998. Bronchial Asthma - Its etiology and control with traditional herbal extracts. Sabinsa Corporation. Piscataway, NJ. 49 pp.
AHH-Inhibitor 1 (View) Sabinsa: A series of well documented proprietary PR booklets,
e.g.Sabinsa Corps. 1998. Bronchial Asthma - Its etiology and control with traditional herbal extracts. Sabinsa Corporation. Piscataway, NJ. 49 pp.
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor 2 (View) *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 20 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Allelochemic 8 (View) *
Allelopathic 6 (View) *
Allergenic 19 (View) *
Allergenic? 1 (View) *