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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
DILL-ETHER 0 Shoot Essent. Oil not available 290200.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DILL-FURAN 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DILLANOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DILLANOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DILLANOSIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DILLAPIOL 6 Essential Oil 223000.0 266300.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DILLAPIOL 6 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 200.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DILLAPIOL 6 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DILLAPIOL 6 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DILLAPIOL 6 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DILLAPIOL 6 Shoot Essent. Oil not available 3100.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DILLAPIOLE 0 Fruit 1440.0 40425.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
DILLAPIOLE 0 Leaf 100.0 375.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DILLAPIOLE 0 Seed 1440.0 40425.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
DILLAPIONAL 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIPENTENE 7 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
EICOSANE 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.
ELEMICIN 16 Plant 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.
ELEMICIN 16 Shoot Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Fruit 12000.0 77000.0 0.68 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Ozone-Scavenger 1 Duke, 1992 *
P21-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
P450-2B1-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
P450-Inducer 4 Abstract (See species file)
P450-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
PAF-Inhibitor 2 Duke, 1992 *
Pancreatoxic 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
Paralytic 2 Oriental Materia Medica (three volumes by Dr. Hsu and collaborators)
Parasiticide 2 Martindale's 29th
Pediculicide 1 Merck 11th Edition
Percutaneostimulant 1 Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfumery 25 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Peristaltic 2 Sabinsa: A series of well documented proprietary PR booklets,
e.g.Sabinsa Corps. 1998. Bronchial Asthma - Its etiology and control with traditional herbal extracts. Sabinsa Corporation. Piscataway, NJ. 49 pp.
Pesticide 71 Duke, 1992 *
PGE2-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Phagocytotic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Pheromone 1 Duke, 1992 *
Phospholipase-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Photoactive 1 Duke, 1992 *
Photodermatitigenic 1 Duke, 1992 *