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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
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 5800.0 6281.0 -0.57 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Fruit 500.0 542.0 -0.25 Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Seed 500.0 542.0 -0.29 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PARAFFIN 4 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
PENTADECANE 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.
PERSICARIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PERSICARIN 0 Shoot not available 580.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PETROSELINIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PETROSELINIC-ACID 0 Seed not available 816000.0 1.18 Duke, 1992 *
PETROSELINIC-ACID-TRIGYLCERIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
PHELLANDRENE 4 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Fruit 6700.0 7256.0 1.36 Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Seed 6700.0 7256.0 -0.51 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 2102.0 3723.0 0.15 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Plant 600.0 7625.0 1.94 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Seed 2102.0 3723.0 -0.43 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHYTOCHELATIN-A 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOFLUENE 0 Seed not available not available not available Wealth of India.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Hypercholesterolemic 3 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Hyperglycemic 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.
Hypertensive 5 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Hyperthermic 1 HerbalGram No. 22 - Spring 1990, page 45.
Hypertrichotic 1 Martindale's 29th
Hypnotic 2 Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Hypoammonemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoarginanemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Hypocholesterolemic 16 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypocholesterolemic? 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoglycemic 11 Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypolipidemic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive 20 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.
Hypothermic 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypotriglyceridemic 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Hypouricemic 1 Duke, 1992 *
ICAM-1-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
IKK-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator 11 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant 10 Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp.