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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
LEUCINE 2 Fruit 9250.0 10018.0 1.05 Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE 2 Seed 9250.0 10018.0 -0.68 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LIMONENE 60 Essential Oil 467000.0 628800.0 2.88 Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Leaf 125.0 3735.0 3.48 Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 214300.0 0.27 Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Shoot Essent. Oil not available 119200.0 0.31 Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL 53 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL 53 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
LINALYL-ACETATE 7 Seed not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Fruit 9600.0 10397.0 -0.21 Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 9600.0 10397.0 -0.83 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LUTEOLIN-7-GLUCOSIDE 7 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
LUTEOLIN-GLYCOSIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE 4 Fruit 10380.0 11242.0 1.85 Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE 4 Seed 10380.0 11242.0 -0.12 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Cytochrome-P450-Inducer 2 Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Cytochrome-P488-Inducer 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.
Cytoprotective 2 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Cytotoxic 14 Planta Medica, 57: A113, 1991.
Cytotoxic (Breast) 1 Saqib, Q. N., Hui, Y. H., Anderson, J. E. and McLaughlin, J. L. 1990. Bioactive Furanocoumarins from the Berries of Zanthoxylum americanum. Phytotherapy Research 4(6): 216-219.
Cytotoxic (Colon) 1 Saqib, Q. N., Hui, Y. H., Anderson, J. E. and McLaughlin, J. L. 1990. Bioactive Furanocoumarins from the Berries of Zanthoxylum americanum. Phytotherapy Research 4(6): 216-219.
Cytotoxic (Lung) 1 Saqib, Q. N., Hui, Y. H., Anderson, J. E. and McLaughlin, J. L. 1990. Bioactive Furanocoumarins from the Berries of Zanthoxylum americanum. Phytotherapy Research 4(6): 216-219.
Decongestant 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Deiodinase-Inhibitor 3 Jim Duke's personal files.
Deliriant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Dentifrice 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Deodorant 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Depressant 1 Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Dermal 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Dermatitigenic 8 Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant 3 Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Diaphoretic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Diaphoretic? 3 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.