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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ALPHA-THUJENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 33400.0 1.38 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-THUJENE 0 Seed 36.0 231.0 -0.09 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-THUJENE 0 Shoot Essent. Oil not available 10600.0 0.62 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Leaf 16.0 147.0 -0.63 Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM 5 Plant 4.0 210.0 -0.34 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
ANETHOFURAN 0 Essential Oil not available 169000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ANETHOLE 36 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
ANISIC-ALDEHYDE 0 Plant 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.
APIGENIN 101 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCURONIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
APIOL 2 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
APIOL 2 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
APIOL 2 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
APIOL 2 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
APIOLE 20 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.
ARGINASE 0 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
ARGININE 14 Fruit 12630.0 13678.0 2.50 Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE 14 Seed 12630.0 13678.0 -0.46 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ARSENIC 2 Plant 0.0 0.1 -0.45 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Plant 1214.0 1440.0 -0.26 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
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 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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.