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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
IRON 6 Seed 114.0 230.0 0.37 *
ISODILLAPIOL 0 Essential Oil *
ISOEUGENOL 16 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
ISOLEUCINE 3 Fruit 7670.0 8307.0 1.40 *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Seed 7670.0 8307.0 -0.28 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ISOMYRISTICIN 0 Leaf Wealth of India.
ISOPIPERITENONE 0 Shoot Essent. Oil 4000.0 *
ISOQUERCITRIN 22 Leaf *
ISORHAMNETIN 11 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
ISORHAMNETIN-3-GLUCURONIDE 0 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
ISORHOIFOLIN 0 Leaf *
ISOTHYMOL 0 Leaf 2.0 5.0 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Fruit *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Seed Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
KAEMPFEROL-3-GLUCURONIDE 0 Leaf Rizk, A.F.M., The Phytochemistry of the Flora of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar, Kingprint, Richmond, UK, 1986.
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCURONIDE 0 Seed *
KAEMPFEROL-GLYCOFLAVONE 0 Seed *
LAURIC-ACID 7 Fruit 100.0 108.0 -0.44 *
LAURIC-ACID 7 Seed 100.0 108.0 -0.51 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LEAD 0 Plant 0.1 0.8 -0.55 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Immunosuppressant 1 Martindale's 29th
iNOS-Inhibitor 3 *
Inotropic 3 *
Insect-Repellent 1 *
Insecticide 19 *
Insecticide-Synergist 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insectifuge 27 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insectiphile 6 Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
Insulin-Sparing 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Insulinogenic 4 *
Interferonogenic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Interleukin-6-Inhibitor 3 *
Intoxicant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Iodothyronine-Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Irritant 23 *
JNK-Inhibitor 1 *
Juvabional 5 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Keratolytic 1 Martindale's 29th
Lactagogue 1 *
Larvicide 5 *