Plant Anethum graveolens (Apiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Seed	125.0	7469.0	1.53	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Shoot Essent. Oil	248800.0	525100.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Fruit	24.0	1001.0	-0.46	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Leaf	25.0	405.0	-0.20	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Seed	12.0	1001.0	-0.39	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE	28	Shoot Essent. Oil	17500.0	31700.0	1.98	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PYRONENE	0	Leaf	2.0	6.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE	13	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE	13	Leaf	0.1	2100.0	0.77	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE	13	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE	13	Shoot Essent. Oil	not available	3400.0	-0.72	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Essential Oil	not available	83800.0	2.94	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Leaf	0.1	20.0	-0.56	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL	23	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-THUJENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-THUJENE	0	Fruit	36.0	231.0	-0.38	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-THUJENE	0	Leaf	10.0	25.0	-0.37	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
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.