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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
OCTADECA-5,6-DIENOIC-ACID 0 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTAN-1-AL 0 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OCTANOL 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.
OLEIC-ACID 18 Fruit 93600.0 101369.0 0.30 Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 78000.0 101369.0 -0.15 Duke, 1992 *
OSTHOLE 4 Root not available not available not available Wealth of India.
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Leaf not available 16.0 -0.35 Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE 16 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE 16 Fruit 336.0 3773.0 -0.08 Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE 16 Leaf 30.0 4460.0 3.31 Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE 16 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 21700.0 -0.46 Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE 16 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE 16 Seed 40.0 3775.0 0.25 Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE 16 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE 16 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE-8-OL 0 Leaf 2.0 6.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
P-MENTHA-1,3,8-TRIENE 0 Leaf 5.0 45.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
P-MENTHA-2,4(8)-DIENE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Fruit 5800.0 6281.0 -0.27 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Coleoptophile 1 Duke, 1992 *
Collagen-Sparing 2 Duke, 1992 *
Collagenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Comedogenic 1 Martindale's 29th
Comedolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
COMT-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Contraceptive 1 Martindale's 28th
Controlled 1 HerbalGram No. 20, page 15.
Convulsant 1 R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Copper-Antagonist 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
Copper-Chelator 2 Duke, 1992 *
Cosmetic 5 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Counterirritant 3 Martindale's 28th
COX-1-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 7 Duke, 1992 *
Culicide 2 Duke, 1992 *
Cyclooxygenase-Activator 2 Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor 6 Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A1-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *