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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
DILL-ETHER 0 Shoot Essent. Oil not available 290200.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DILL-FURAN 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DILLANOL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DILLANOSIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DILLANOSIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DILLAPIOL 6 Essential Oil 223000.0 266300.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DILLAPIOL 6 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 200.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DILLAPIOL 6 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DILLAPIOL 6 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DILLAPIOL 6 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DILLAPIOL 6 Shoot Essent. Oil not available 3100.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DILLAPIOLE 0 Fruit 1440.0 40425.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
DILLAPIOLE 0 Leaf 100.0 375.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DILLAPIOLE 0 Seed 1440.0 40425.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
DILLAPIONAL 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIPENTENE 7 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
EICOSANE 0 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.
ELEMICIN 16 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.
ELEMICIN 16 Shoot Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Fruit 12000.0 77000.0 0.68 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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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.