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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.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
6,7-DIHYDRO-8,8-DIMETHYL-2(H),8(H)BENZO-(1,2B,5,4B'-DIPYRAN-2-6-DIONE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
6,7-DIHYDRO-8,8-DIMETHYL-2(H),8(H)BENZO-(1,2B,5,4B'-DIPYRAN-2-6-DIONE 0 Shoot not available 80.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
6-OCTADECENOIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
7-OCTADECENOIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
AESCULETIN 32 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
AESCULETIN 32 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA,ALPHA-BETA-TRIMETHYLBENZYL-ALCOHOL 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.
ALPHA-CADINENE 0 Leaf 1.0 3.0 -0.42 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CARVONE 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available 400000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-CUBEBENE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-DIMETHYLSTYRENE 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.
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID 15 Fruit 1500.0 1624.0 -0.42 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID 15 Seed 1500.0 1624.0 -0.30 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALPHA-P-DIMETHYL-STYRENE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-P-DIMETHYL-STYRENE 0 Leaf 5.0 45.0 3.30 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-P-DIMETHYL-STYRENE 0 Seed 10.0 75.0 -0.48 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-P-STYRENE 0 Shoot Essent. Oil not available 1800.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Leaf 20.0 8025.0 5.38 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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.