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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
6,7-DIHYDRO-8,8-DIMETHYL-2(H),8(H)BENZO-(1,2B,5,4B'-DIPYRAN-2-6-DIONE 0 Seed *
6,7-DIHYDRO-8,8-DIMETHYL-2(H),8(H)BENZO-(1,2B,5,4B'-DIPYRAN-2-6-DIONE 0 Shoot 80.0 *
6-OCTADECENOIC-ACID 0 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
7-OCTADECENOIC-ACID 0 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
AESCULETIN 32 Seed *
AESCULETIN 32 Seed Essent. Oil *
ALPHA,ALPHA-BETA-TRIMETHYLBENZYL-ALCOHOL 0 Root Rizk, A.F.M., The Phytochemistry of the Flora of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar, Kingprint, Richmond, UK, 1986.
ALPHA-CADINENE 0 Leaf 1.0 3.0 -0.42 *
ALPHA-CARVONE 0 Seed Essent. Oil 400000.0 *
ALPHA-CUBEBENE 0 Shoot *
ALPHA-DIMETHYLSTYRENE 0 Root Rizk, A.F.M., The Phytochemistry of the Flora of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar, Kingprint, Richmond, UK, 1986.
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID 15 Fruit 1500.0 1624.0 -0.42 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID 15 Seed 1500.0 1624.0 -0.30 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALPHA-P-DIMETHYL-STYRENE 0 Essential Oil *
ALPHA-P-DIMETHYL-STYRENE 0 Leaf 5.0 45.0 3.30 *
ALPHA-P-DIMETHYL-STYRENE 0 Seed 10.0 75.0 -0.48 *
ALPHA-P-STYRENE 0 Shoot Essent. Oil 1800.0 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Essential Oil *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Leaf 20.0 8025.0 5.38 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Root Essent. Oil *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Photosensitizer 1 Rinzler, C. A. 1990. The Complete Book of Herbs, Spices and Condiments. Facts on File, New York. 199 pp.
Phototoxic 1 *
Phytoalexin 2 *
Phytohormonal 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Piscicide 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Pituitary-Stimulant 1 *
PKC-Inhibitor 1 *
Plasmodicide 1 Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Polyamine-Synthesis-Inhibitor 2 *
Preservative 1 Merck 11th Edition
Progestational 1 *
Proliferant 1 *
Prooxidant 3 *
Propecic 5 *
Prostaglandigenic 3 *
Prostaglandin-Inhibitor 1 *
Prostaglandin-Sparer 1 Fujita, T., Nakatani, E., Funaishi, N., Sakuma, S., Fujimoto, Y. Potent inhibition of prostaglandin inactivation in rabbit gastric antral mucosal slices by selenium ions in-vitro. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 655-657, 1990.
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 6 *
Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor 3 Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14.
Protisticide 2 Meckes, M., Calzada, F., Tapia-Contreras, A., Cedillo-Rivera, R. 1999. Antiprotozoal Properties of Helianthemum glomeratum. Phytotherapy Research, 13(2): 102-105.