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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
IRON 6 Seed 114.0 230.0 0.37 *
ISODILLAPIOL 0 Essential Oil *
ISOEUGENOL 16 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
ISOLEUCINE 3 Fruit 7670.0 8307.0 1.40 *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Seed 7670.0 8307.0 -0.28 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ISOMYRISTICIN 0 Leaf Wealth of India.
ISOPIPERITENONE 0 Shoot Essent. Oil 4000.0 *
ISOQUERCITRIN 22 Leaf *
ISORHAMNETIN 11 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
ISORHAMNETIN-3-GLUCURONIDE 0 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
ISORHOIFOLIN 0 Leaf *
ISOTHYMOL 0 Leaf 2.0 5.0 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Fruit *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Seed 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.
KAEMPFEROL-3-GLUCURONIDE 0 Leaf Rizk, A.F.M., The Phytochemistry of the Flora of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar, Kingprint, Richmond, UK, 1986.
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCURONIDE 0 Seed *
KAEMPFEROL-GLYCOFLAVONE 0 Seed *
LAURIC-ACID 7 Fruit 100.0 108.0 -0.44 *
LAURIC-ACID 7 Seed 100.0 108.0 -0.51 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LEAD 0 Plant 0.1 0.8 -0.55 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Differentiator 2 *
Digestive 1 Michael Castleman 1991. The Healing Herbs. Rodale Press, Emmaus, PA 436 pp.
Diuretic 17 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DME-Inhibitor 2 Advance in Chinese Medicinal Materials Research. 1985. Eds. H. M. Chang, H. W. Yeung, W. -W. Tso and A. Koo. World Scientific Publishing Co., Philadelphia Pa., page 134.
DNA-Active 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Binder 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Protective 2 *
Dye 1 Merck 11th Edition
Ecbolic 1 *
Embryotoxic 1 *
Emetic 5 *
Emmenagogue 2 *
Emollient 1 Martindale's 29th
Encephalopathic 2 Martindale's 29th
Endorphinogenic 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.
Energizer 1 *
Enterocontractant 1 J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Enterorelaxant 3 J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Enterotoxic 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Epileptigenic 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.