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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
1-METHYL-4-ISOPROPENYL-BENZENE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1-METHYL-4-ISOPROPENYL-BENZENE 0 Seed not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
2-DIHYDROCARVEOL 0 Leaf 10.0 30.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
2-DIHYDROCARVEOL 0 Seed 155.0 1000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
2-NONANOL 0 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.
3',4'-DIMETHOXYQUERCETIN 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3,6-DIMETHYL-2,3,3A,4,5,7A-HEXAHYDROBENZOFURAN 0 Leaf 240.0 750.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
3,6-DIMETHYL-2,3,4,5,8,9-HEXAHYDROBENZOFURAN 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3,6-DIMETHYL-3-ALPHA-4,5,7-ALPHA-TETRAHYDROCOUMARAN 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3,6-DIMETHYL-3-ALPHA-4,5,7-ALPHA-TETRAHYDROCOUMARAN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3,6-DIMETHYL-3A,4,5,7A-TETRAHYDROCOUMARAN 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3,6-DIMETHYLCOUMARAN 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3,6-DIMETHYLCOUMARAN 0 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
3,7-DIMETHYL-4,5,6,9-TETRAHYDROCOUMARAN 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
3,7-DIMETHYL-4,5,6,9-TETRAHYDROCOUMARAN 0 Seed not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
4'-METHOXY-KAEMPFEROL 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-ALPHA-DIMETHYLSTYRENE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
4-METHYL-AESCULETIN 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
5-METHOXY-PSORALEN 10 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
6,7-DIHYDRO-8,8,DIMETHYL-2H,8H-BENZO-(1,2B:5,4')-DIPYRAN-2,6-DIONE 0 Plant not available not available not available J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Uterotonic 2 Tyler, V.E.. 1982. The Honest Herbal. George F. Stickley Co., Philadelphia PA. 263 pp.
Uterotrophic 2 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999.
UV-Screen 2 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Varroacide 2 Duke, 1992 *
Vasodilator 15 Duke, 1992 *
Vasopressor 2 Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
Vermicide 2 Duke, 1992 *
Vermifuge 2 Duke, 1992 *
Verrucolytic 1 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Vibriocide 1 Wealth of India.
Vulnerary 6 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 7 Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 1772.