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Common Names
Dill; Garden Dill
How this plant is used
Food
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BETA-TERPINEOL | 3 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| BORON | 4 | Plant | 4.0 | 35.0 | -0.46 | Duke, 1992 * |
| BORON | 4 | Seed | 28.0 | 50.0 | 1.23 | Betting on Boron, Unpublished draft by J. A. Duke on file at USDA, draft and papers relating to boron percentages. Includes Internat. Z. Vit. Ern. Forschung 43:1973 (boron). |
| BROMINE | 0 | Plant | 1.0 | 6.0 | -0.81 | ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980 |
| BUTYL-PHTHALIDE | 10 | Root | 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. |
| CADMIUM | 3 | Plant | 0.0 | 1.0 | -0.33 | ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980 |
| CAFFEIC-ACID | 102 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAFFEIC-ACID | 102 | Leaf | not available | 1140.0 | -0.56 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAFFEIC-ACID | 102 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALAMENENE | 0 | Leaf | 1.0 | 3.0 | -0.58 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Fruit | 14003.0 | 17671.0 | 3.19 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Plant | 1900.0 | 21453.0 | 0.84 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CALCIUM | 28 | Seed | 14003.0 | 17671.0 | 2.48 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAMPESTEROL | 2 | Plant | not available | 490.0 | 1.95 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Rizk, A.F.M., The Phytochemistry of the Flora of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar, Kingprint, Richmond, UK, 1986. |
| CAMPHOR | 41 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Fruit | 551700.0 | 597491.0 | -0.99 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Plant | 558200.0 | 602000.0 | -0.45 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Seed | 551700.0 | 597491.0 | 0.29 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAROTENE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiinfarctal | 1 | Soumyanath, A. Ed. 2006. Traditional Medicines for Modern Times - Antidiabetic Plants. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group. Boca Raton, FL. 314 pp. |
| Antiinfective | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiinfertility | 5 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiinflammatory | 44 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiinsomniac | 3 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiinsomnic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiinsulinogenic | 1 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
| Antiintegrase | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiischemic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antijet-lag | 1 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Antikeratitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antikeratotic | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antikeshan | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| AntiLegionella | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antileishmanic | 2 | 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. |
| Antilepric | 3 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antileucodermic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antileukemic | 10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antileukodermic | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antileukonychic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |