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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.
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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 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
Antineurotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
AntiNF-kB 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosaminic 8 Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18.
Antinitrosating 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antinociceptive 8 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antinyctalopic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity 6 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antionychyotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiophidic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiorchitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiosteoarthritic 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiosteoporotic 9 Duke, 1992 *
Antiototic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antioxidant 42 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antioxidant (LDL) 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant? 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antipancreatitic 1 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antiparkinsonian 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antiparotitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.