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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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
Nematicide 14 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
NEP-Inhibitor 1 *
Nephroprotective 1 Toxicol Appl. Pharmacol. 1996.
Nephrotoxic 4 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Neurogenic 1 *
Neuroprotective 4 *
Neurotoxic 4 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.
Neurotransmitter 1 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 4 *
NO-Genic 3 *
NO-Inhibitor 2 *
NO-Synthase-Inhibitor 2 *
Nodulation-Signal 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Occuloirritant 1 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor 7 Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19.
Osteogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Oviposition-Stimulant 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ovulant 1 *
Oxidant 1 *
Oxytocic 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.