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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
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Seed 125.0 7469.0 1.53 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Shoot Essent. Oil 248800.0 525100.0 1.41 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Fruit 24.0 1001.0 -0.46 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Leaf 25.0 405.0 -0.20 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Seed 12.0 1001.0 -0.39 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Shoot Essent. Oil 17500.0 31700.0 1.98 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PYRONENE 0 Leaf 2.0 6.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Leaf 0.1 2100.0 0.77 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Shoot Essent. Oil not available 3400.0 -0.72 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Essential Oil not available 83800.0 2.94 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Leaf 0.1 20.0 -0.56 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-THUJENE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-THUJENE 0 Fruit 36.0 231.0 -0.38 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-THUJENE 0 Leaf 10.0 25.0 -0.37 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
Antiulcerogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiuremic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiuricosuric 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antiuterocontractant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antivaccinia 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antivaginitic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antivaricose 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antivertigo 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral 22 Duke, 1992 *
Antiviral? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antivitiligic 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiwrinkle 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiyeast 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anxiolytic 9 Duke, 1992 *
AP-1-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Aphrodisiac 1 Duke, 1992 *
Apifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Apoptotic 11 Duke, 1992 *
Aromatase-Inhibitor 2 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999.
Artemicide 3 Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.