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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
MYRISTICIN 31 Essential Oil not available 203000.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTICIN 31 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTICIN 31 Leaf 45.0 220.0 -0.84 Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTICIN 31 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTICIN 31 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTICIN 31 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTICIN 31 Shoot Essent. Oil not available 2000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
N-BUTYLPHTHALIDE 1 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
N-UNDECANE 0 Leaf 3.0 70.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
NEOCNIDILIDE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NEOCNIDOLIDE 2 Root not available not available not available 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.
NEOPHYTADIENE 0 Leaf 25.0 75.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Fruit 28.0 30.0 -0.41 Duke, 1992 *
NIACIN 39 Plant 28.0 30.0 -0.65 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
NIACIN 39 Seed 28.0 30.0 -0.39 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
NICKEL 3 Plant 0.1 4.7 -0.99 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
NITROGEN 0 Plant 6800.0 55300.0 2.12 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
NONADECANE 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.
NONANAL 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
NONANAL 0 Seed not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
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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.