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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Seed Essent. Oil *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Shoot Essent. Oil 248800.0 525100.0 1.41 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Essential Oil *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Fruit 24.0 1001.0 -0.46 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Leaf 25.0 405.0 -0.20 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Seed 12.0 1001.0 -0.39 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Seed Essent. Oil *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Shoot Essent. Oil 17500.0 31700.0 1.98 *
ALPHA-PYRONENE 0 Leaf 2.0 6.0 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Essential Oil *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Leaf 0.1 2100.0 0.77 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Seed Essent. Oil *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Shoot Essent. Oil 3400.0 -0.72 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Essential Oil 83800.0 2.94 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Leaf 0.1 20.0 -0.56 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Plant *
ALPHA-THUJENE 0 Essential Oil *
ALPHA-THUJENE 0 Fruit 36.0 231.0 -0.38 *
ALPHA-THUJENE 0 Leaf 10.0 25.0 -0.37 *
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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 *
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 *
ICAM-1-Inhibitor 2 *
IKK-Inhibitor 1 *
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.