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Plant Anethum graveolens (Apiaceae)

Common Names
Dill; Garden Dill
How this plant is used
Food
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
(+)-ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 0 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-CARVONE 2 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-CARVONE 2 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-CARVONE 2 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-CIS-CARVEOL 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-LIMONENE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-LIMONENE 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-TRANS-CARVEOL 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-CARVONE 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-CIS-CARVEOL 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-DIHYDROCARVONE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-LIMONENE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-LIMONENE 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-TRANS-CARVEOL 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1,4-TERPINENOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1,5-CINEOL 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1,5-CINEOLE 0 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
1-DIHYDROCARVEOL 0 Leaf 10.0 30.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
1-DIHYDROCARVEOL 0 Seed 75.0 490.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
1-METHYL-4-ISOPROPENYL-BENZENE 0 Essential Oil not available not available 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
Tracheorelaxant 3 Duke, 1992 *
Tranquilizer 3 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90.
Transdermal 5 Duke, 1992 *
Tremorigenic 2 Martindale's 28th
Trichomonicide 8 Martindale's 29th
Trichomonistat 2 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Trypsin-Enhancer 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-93.
Tumor-Promoter 2 Duke, 1992 *
Tumorigenic 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Ubiquiot 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic 2 Phytotherapy Research, 4: 93.
Uricosuric 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant 1 Martindale's 29th
Urinary-Antiseptic 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.
Urine-Acidifier 1 Martindale's 28th
Urine-Deodorant 1 Martindale's 29th
Uterorelaxant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Uterosedative 2 Ozaki, Y. and Ma, J-P. 1989. Inhibitory Effects of Tetramethylpyrazine and Ferulic Acid on Spontaneous Movement of Rat Uterus in Situ. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(6): 1620-1623, 1990.