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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
LEUCINE 2 Fruit 9250.0 10018.0 1.05 Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE 2 Seed 9250.0 10018.0 -0.68 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LIMONENE 60 Essential Oil 467000.0 628800.0 2.88 Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Leaf 125.0 3735.0 3.48 Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 214300.0 0.27 Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Shoot Essent. Oil not available 119200.0 0.31 Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL 53 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL 53 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
LINALYL-ACETATE 7 Seed not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Fruit 9600.0 10397.0 -0.21 Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 9600.0 10397.0 -0.83 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LUTEOLIN-7-GLUCOSIDE 7 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
LUTEOLIN-GLYCOSIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE 4 Fruit 10380.0 11242.0 1.85 Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE 4 Seed 10380.0 11242.0 -0.12 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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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.