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Plant Anethum graveolens (Apiaceae)

Common Names
Dill; Garden Dill
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
(+)-ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-CARVONE 2 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-CARVONE 2 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-CARVONE 2 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-CIS-CARVEOL 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-LIMONENE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-LIMONENE 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-TRANS-CARVEOL 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-CARVONE 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-CIS-CARVEOL 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-DIHYDROCARVONE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-LIMONENE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-LIMONENE 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-TRANS-CARVEOL 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1,4-TERPINENOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1,5-CINEOL 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1,5-CINEOLE 0 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
1-DIHYDROCARVEOL 0 Leaf 10.0 30.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
1-DIHYDROCARVEOL 0 Seed 75.0 490.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
1-METHYL-4-ISOPROPENYL-BENZENE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antihemorrhagic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihemorrhoidal 2 Martindale's 29th
Antihepatitic 2 Martindale's 29th
Antihepatoadenomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihepatotoxic 12 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiherpetic 15 Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic? 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic 16 Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV 7 Duke, 1992 *
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.
Antihypercholesterolemic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihyperkinetic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihypertensive 9 Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperthyroid 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antihypoglycemic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiimplantation 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiimpotence 2 Martindale's 29th