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
MYRISTICIN	31	Essential Oil	not available	203000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTICIN	31	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTICIN	31	Leaf	45.0	220.0	-0.84	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTICIN	31	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTICIN	31	Root Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTICIN	31	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTICIN	31	Shoot Essent. Oil	not available	2000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-BUTYLPHTHALIDE	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
N-UNDECANE	0	Leaf	3.0	70.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEOCNIDILIDE	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NEOCNIDOLIDE	2	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.
NEOPHYTADIENE	0	Leaf	25.0	75.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Fruit	28.0	30.0	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN	39	Plant	28.0	30.0	-0.65	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
NIACIN	39	Seed	28.0	30.0	-0.39	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
NICKEL	3	Plant	0.1	4.7	-0.99	ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
NITROGEN	0	Plant	6800.0	55300.0	2.12	ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
NONADECANE	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.
NONANAL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NONANAL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Cardiotonic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Carminative	9	Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Caspase-8-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Catabolic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Catecholaminogenic	1	Sabinsa: A series of well documented proprietary PR booklets, e.g.Sabinsa Corps. 1998. Bronchial Asthma - Its etiology and control with traditional herbal extracts. Sabinsa Corporation. Piscataway, NJ. 49 pp.
Chemopreventive	6	Duke, 1992 *
Cholagogue	4	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic	14	Duke, 1992 *
Cholesterolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cicatrizant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Circulotonic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Clastogenic	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active	2	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant	8	Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Stimulant	9	Duke, 1992 *
Co-carcinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Coagulant	1	Martindale's 29th
Cold-preventive	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.