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

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
UMBELLIFERONE	22	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
UMBELLIFERONE	22	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
UMBELLIFERONE	22	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
UMBELLIPRENIN	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
UMBELLIPRENIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
UMBELLIPRENIN	0	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
URANIUM	1	Leaf	not available	0.2	not available	Wealth of India.
URANIUM	1	Root	not available	7.9	1.00	Wealth of India.
UREASE	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
VALINE	3	Fruit	11200.0	12130.0	1.58	Duke, 1992 *
VALINE	3	Seed	11200.0	12130.0	0.01	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
VANADIUM	16	Leaf	not available	0.8	-0.89	Wealth of India.
VICENIN	3	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VICENIN	3	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VITAMIN-K	1	Seed	50.0	200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
VITAMIN-P	0	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Wealth of India.
WATER	0	Fruit	70310.0	83690.0	-2.99	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Plant	73000.0	830000.0	0.25	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Seed	70310.0	83690.0	-0.55	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
XANTHOPHYLL	3	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Differentiator	2	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
Dye	1	Merck 11th Edition
Ecbolic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Embryotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Emetic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Emmenagogue	2	Duke, 1992 *
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	Duke, 1992 *
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.