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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
OCTADECA-5,6-DIENOIC-ACID 0 Seed Oil *
OCTAN-1-AL 0 Root Essent. Oil *
OCTANOL 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.
OLEIC-ACID 18 Fruit 93600.0 101369.0 0.30 *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Plant *
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed 78000.0 101369.0 -0.15 *
OSTHOLE 4 Root Wealth of India.
P-COUMARIC-ACID 25 Leaf 16.0 -0.35 *
P-CYMENE 16 Essential Oil *
P-CYMENE 16 Fruit 336.0 3773.0 -0.08 *
P-CYMENE 16 Leaf 30.0 4460.0 3.31 *
P-CYMENE 16 Leaf Essent. Oil 21700.0 -0.46 *
P-CYMENE 16 Root Essent. Oil *
P-CYMENE 16 Seed 40.0 3775.0 0.25 *
P-CYMENE 16 Seed Essent. Oil *
P-CYMENE 16 Shoot *
P-CYMENE-8-OL 0 Leaf 2.0 6.0 1.00 *
P-MENTHA-1,3,8-TRIENE 0 Leaf 5.0 45.0 *
P-MENTHA-2,4(8)-DIENE 0 Essential Oil *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Fruit 5800.0 6281.0 -0.27 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Psychoactive 2 R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
PTK-Inhibitor 2 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 4 Uda, Y., Price, K. R., Williamson, G., Rhodes, M. J. C. 1997. Induction of the Anticarcinogenic Marker Enzyme, Quinone Reductase, in Murine Hepatoma Cells In Vitro by Flavonoids. Cancer Lett., 120 (2): 213-216.
Radioprotective 4 *
Renoirritant 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Respirainhibitor 1 Merck 11th Edition
Respirastimulant 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Respirostimulant 1 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.
Rubefacient 1 *
Scabicide 1 Martindale's 29th
Schistosomicide 1 Grenand, P., Moretti, C., and Jacquemin, H. 1987. Pharmacopees Traditionnelles en Guyane. l'ORSTROM, Paris. 569 pp.
Schizophrenigenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Secretogogue 2 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Secretolytic 3 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Sedative 21 Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Serotoninergic 3 Jim Duke's personal files.
Soap 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Spasmogenic 5 Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Spermicide 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Spermigenic 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.