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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.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiretinotic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatalgic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antirheumatic 6 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.
Antirhinitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antisalmonella 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiscleromyxoedemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiscorbutic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antiscotomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiseborrheic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiseptic 29 Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Antiserotonic 1 Internat. J. Oriental Med. 15(4): 199, 1990+
Antiserotonin 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antishingles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antishock 2 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antisickling 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antisilicotic 1 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antispare-Tire 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
Antispasmodic 37 Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Antispasmophilic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antistaphylococcic 13 Duke, 1992 *