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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
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Seed 125.0 7469.0 1.53 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Shoot Essent. Oil 248800.0 525100.0 1.41 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Fruit 24.0 1001.0 -0.46 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Leaf 25.0 405.0 -0.20 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Seed 12.0 1001.0 -0.39 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Shoot Essent. Oil 17500.0 31700.0 1.98 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PYRONENE 0 Leaf 2.0 6.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Leaf 0.1 2100.0 0.77 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Shoot Essent. Oil not available 3400.0 -0.72 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Essential Oil not available 83800.0 2.94 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Leaf 0.1 20.0 -0.56 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-THUJENE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-THUJENE 0 Fruit 36.0 231.0 -0.38 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-THUJENE 0 Leaf 10.0 25.0 -0.37 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Gram(+)icide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Gram(-)icide 1 Duke, 1992 *
GST-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hallucinogenic 2 R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Hemolytic 1 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hemostat 3 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Hepatocarcinogenic 3 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hepatomagenic 2 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Hepatoprotective 21 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatoregenerative 2 CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses
Hepatotonic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hepatotoxic 6 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Hepatotropic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Herbicide 11 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.
HIF-1alpha-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Histamine-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Histaminic 1 Duke, 1992 *
HIV-RT-Inhibitor 2 Garcia, J., Morin,* C., Nyasse, B., Sondengam, B-L., Tchouankeu, J-C., and Tsamo, E. Complete Structural Assignments Of An Ergosterol Derivative From Entandrophragma utile. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 136-142, 1991.
Hyaluronidase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Hydrocholerectic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.