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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
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 5800.0 6281.0 -0.57 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Fruit 500.0 542.0 -0.25 Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Seed 500.0 542.0 -0.29 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PARAFFIN 4 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
PENTADECANE 0 Root 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.
PERSICARIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PERSICARIN 0 Shoot not available 580.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PETROSELINIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PETROSELINIC-ACID 0 Seed not available 816000.0 1.18 Duke, 1992 *
PETROSELINIC-ACID-TRIGYLCERIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
PHELLANDRENE 4 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Fruit 6700.0 7256.0 1.36 Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Seed 6700.0 7256.0 -0.51 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 2102.0 3723.0 0.15 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Plant 600.0 7625.0 1.94 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Seed 2102.0 3723.0 -0.43 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHYTOCHELATIN-A 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOFLUENE 0 Seed not available not available not available Wealth of India.
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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.