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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.
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
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 5800.0 6281.0 -0.57 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Fruit 500.0 542.0 -0.25 Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Seed 500.0 542.0 -0.29 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PARAFFIN 4 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
PENTADECANE 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.
PERSICARIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PERSICARIN 0 Shoot not available 580.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PETROSELINIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PETROSELINIC-ACID 0 Seed not available 816000.0 1.18 Duke, 1992 *
PETROSELINIC-ACID-TRIGYLCERIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
PHELLANDRENE 4 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Fruit 6700.0 7256.0 1.36 Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Seed 6700.0 7256.0 -0.51 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 2102.0 3723.0 0.15 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Plant 600.0 7625.0 1.94 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Seed 2102.0 3723.0 -0.43 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHYTOCHELATIN-A 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOFLUENE 0 Seed not available not available not available Wealth of India.
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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 *