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Common Names
Dill; Garden Dill
How this plant is used
Food
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SELENIUM | 60 | Plant | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.43 | ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980 |
| SENKYUNOLIDE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SILICON | 4 | Plant | 30.0 | 700.0 | 3.67 | ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980 |
| SODIUM | 1 | Fruit | 158.0 | 262.0 | -0.16 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SODIUM | 1 | Plant | 1097.0 | 3308.0 | -0.12 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| SODIUM | 1 | Seed | 158.0 | 262.0 | -0.30 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Fruit | 1000.0 | 1083.0 | -0.21 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Seed | 1000.0 | 1083.0 | -0.54 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Plant | not available | 420.0 | 1.16 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| SULFUR | 14 | Plant | 1400.0 | 11175.0 | 3.11 | ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980 |
| TANNINS | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986. |
| TERPINEN-4-OL | 23 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINEN-4-OL | 23 | Fruit | 12.0 | 77.0 | -0.35 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINEN-4-OL | 23 | Leaf | 5.0 | 15.0 | -0.33 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINEN-4-OL | 23 | Seed | 0.1 | 77.0 | -0.65 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINOLENE | 9 | Leaf | 0.1 | 50.0 | -0.17 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TETRADECANE | 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. |
| TETRAHYDROCOUMARANE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986. |
| 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. |