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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
D-(+)-LIMONENE 0 Fruit 3972.0 31416.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
D-(+)-LIMONENE 0 Seed 3972.0 31416.0 not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
D-8-DEHYDRO-P-CYMENE 0 Seed not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
D-ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 0 Fruit 516.0 7469.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
D-ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 0 Seed 516.0 7469.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
DECANAL 0 Fruit 24.0 154.0 1.77 Duke, 1992 *
DECANAL 0 Seed 24.0 154.0 not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
DELTA-3-CARENE 8 Leaf not available 0.1 -0.49 Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-5,6-OCTADECENOIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
DELTA-CADINENE 9 Leaf 1.0 3.0 -0.45 Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROCARVEOL 2 Leaf 150.0 400.0 0.92 Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROCARVEOL 2 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
DIHYDROCARVONE 0 Essential Oil not available 400900.0 2.00 Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROCARVONE 0 Leaf 390.0 1050.0 -1.00 Wealth of India.
DIHYDROCARVONE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 1700.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROCARVONE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROCARVONE 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DILL-ETHER 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DILL-ETHER 0 Leaf 60.0 3495.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DILL-ETHER 0 Seed 45.0 300.0 not available 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
Sprout-Inhibitor 1 Duke, J.A.. Personal Communication.
Stimulant 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.
Sunscreen 8 Duke, 1992 *
Suppository 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Sweetener 3 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Sympathomimetic 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.
Synergist 1 Merck 11th Edition
Tachycardic 1 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Teratologic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Termiticide 2 Duke, 1992 *
Termitifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Testosterone-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
Testosteronigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Thermogenic 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.
Thyrostimulant 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.
Tissue-Thromboplastin-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor 4 Duke, 1992 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 3 Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237.
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 5 Constantinou, A., Mehta, R., Runyan, C., Rao, K., Vaughan, A., Moon, R. 1995. Flavonoids as DNA Topoisomerase Antagonists and Poisons: Structure-Activity Relationships. J Natural Products, 58: 217-225.
Toxic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.