Plant Anethum graveolens (Apiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
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BORON	4	Seed	28.0	50.0	1.23	Betting on Boron, Unpublished draft by J. A. Duke on file at USDA, draft and papers relating to boron percentages.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 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antitumor	22	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Bladder)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (brain)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast)	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Cervix)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon)	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Esophagus)?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antitumor (Forestomach)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Gastric)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Liver)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung)	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Ovary)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Pancreas)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate)	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin)	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	10	Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antitumor-Promoter?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antitussive	4	Chin. J. Tuber. Respir. Dis.
Antiulcer	14	Duke, 1992 *