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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Anethum graveolens (Apiaceae)

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
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Seed 1150.0 0.35 *
ASH 0 Fruit 64000.0 84000.0 0.71 *
ASH 0 Plant 26000.0 205880.0 1.53 *
ASH 0 Seed 64000.0 84000.0 1.09 *
BENZOIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER 0 Seed Essent. Oil *
BENZYL-ETHER 0 Essential Oil *
BENZYL-ETHER 0 Plant Rizk, A.F.M., The Phytochemistry of the Flora of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar, Kingprint, Richmond, UK, 1986.
BERGAPTEN 26 Fruit *
BERGAPTEN 26 Seed *
BERGAPTEN 26 Seed Essent. Oil *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Essential Oil *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE 0 Plant Rizk, A.F.M., The Phytochemistry of the Flora of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar, Kingprint, Richmond, UK, 1986.
BETA-ELEMENE 5 Fruit 12.0 77.0 -0.46 *
BETA-ELEMENE 5 Seed 12.0 77.0 -0.65 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
BETA-EUDESMOL 13 Essential Oil *
BETA-MYRCENE 2 Essential Oil *
BETA-MYRCENE 2 Plant *
BETA-MYRCENE 2 Seed Essent. Oil *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Essential Oil 31600.0 1.72 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Fruit 168.0 1925.0 -0.14 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Cytochrome-P450-Inducer 2 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inhibitor 2 *
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 *
Detoxicant 3 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol) 1 *
Diaphoretic 2 *
Diaphoretic? 3 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.