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
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Seed	125.0	7469.0	1.53	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Shoot Essent. Oil	248800.0	525100.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Fruit	24.0	1001.0	-0.46	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Leaf	25.0	405.0	-0.20	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Seed	12.0	1001.0	-0.39	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Shoot Essent. Oil	17500.0	31700.0	1.98	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PYRONENE	0	Leaf	2.0	6.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE	13	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE	13	Leaf	0.1	2100.0	0.77	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE	13	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE	13	Shoot Essent. Oil	not available	3400.0	-0.72	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Essential Oil	not available	83800.0	2.94	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Leaf	0.1	20.0	-0.56	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-THUJENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-THUJENE	0	Fruit	36.0	231.0	-0.38	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-THUJENE	0	Leaf	10.0	25.0	-0.37	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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 *