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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
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit not available 3.0 -0.43 Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Plant not available 3.0 -0.59 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Seed not available 3.0 -0.20 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ROSMARINIC-ACID 57 Plant not available not available not available Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
RUBIDIUM 0 Plant 1.1 28.0 0.38 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
RUTIN 87 Leaf not available 1400.0 -0.92 Varnaite, R. 1988. Rutin Content in Capsicum, Capsella, Urtica, Primula, Lepidium, Lactuca, Brassica, Anethum, Beta, Petroselinum, Allium Genera Representatives. Liet Tsr Mokslu Akad Darb Ser C, 4: 29-32.
SABINENE 5 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SABINENE 5 Leaf 5.0 15.0 -0.25 Duke, 1992 *
SABINENE 5 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SABINOL 5 Leaf 1.0 3.0 -1.35 Duke, 1992 *
SABINOL 5 Shoot Essent. Oil not available 5000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
SAFROLE 29 Plant 125.0 360.0 0.55 Duke, 1992 *
SAFROLE 29 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SALICALDEHYDE 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.
SALICYLATES 7 Seed 70.0 945.0 4.73 Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLETIN 44 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLETIN 44 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLETIN 44 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLETIN 44 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLETIN 44 Shoot not available 2.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
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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.