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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
Epinephrininergic 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.
Ergogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Erythrocytogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Essential 7 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Estrogenic 8 Australian J. Med Herbalism, 7: 29.
Estrogenic? 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Expectorant 11 Duke, 1992 *
Febrifuge 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Fibrinolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Fistula-Preventive 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
FLavor 31 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide 33 Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Fungiphilic 1 J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2283.
Fungistat 4 Duke, 1992 *
GABA-nergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Gastroirritant 1 Martindale's 29th
Gastrostimulant 1 Duke, 1992 *
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Glutathionigenic 1 Martindale's 29th
Gonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.