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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
FLAVONE 26 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
FLUORINE 0 Plant 0.1 5.3 -0.58 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
FURFURAL 6 Plant Rizk, A.F.M., The Phytochemistry of the Flora of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar, Kingprint, Richmond, UK, 1986.
GAMMA-PINENE 0 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
GAMMA-SITOSTEROL 0 Fruit *
GAMMA-SITOSTEROL 0 Seed *
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Fruit 12.0 77.0 -0.64 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Leaf 0.1 30.0 -0.31 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Seed 12.0 77.0 -0.81 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
GERANIOL 35 Fruit 24.0 154.0 0.33 *
GERANIOL 35 Seed 24.0 154.0 -1.00 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
GERMACRENE-D 2 Leaf 70.0 190.0 -0.37 *
HEXADECANE 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.
HISTIDINE 7 Fruit 3200.0 3466.0 1.23 *
HISTIDINE 7 Seed 3200.0 3466.0 -0.71 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
HYPEROSIDE 30 Leaf *
IMPERATORIN 25 Seed Essent. Oil *
IRON 6 Fruit 114.0 230.0 0.38 *
IRON 6 Leaf *
IRON 6 Plant 23.0 755.0 0.15 *
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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 *
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 *
Termiticide 2 *
Termitifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Testosterone-Inducer 1 *
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 *
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor 4 *
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.