Plant Anethum graveolens (Apiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Dill; Garden Dill

How this plant is used

Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
EO	0	Leaf	1640.0	15000.0	0.30	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Plant	5600.0	15000.0	0.40	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Root	300.0	500.0	-0.63	Rizk, A.F.M., The Phytochemistry of the Flora of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar, Kingprint, Richmond, UK, 1986.
EO	0	Seed	12000.0	77000.0	0.42	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ERGOSTEROL	5	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ESCULETIN	30	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ESCULETIN	30	Seed	not available	not available	not available	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.
EUGENOL	76	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL	76	Leaf	280.0	750.0	-0.73	Duke, 1992 *
EUGENOL	76	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Fruit	68000.0	180200.0	0.74	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Plant	43000.0	47000.0	-0.07	Duke, 1992 *
FAT	0	Seed	68000.0	180200.0	-0.45	Duke, 1992 *
FENCHONE	6	Leaf	1.0	15.0	-0.40	Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID	61	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FERULIC-ACID	61	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Fruit	177230.0	264869.0	1.16	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Leaf	119300.0	128000.0	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
FIBER	15	Seed	177230.0	264869.0	1.03	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 *