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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
ALPHA-THUJENE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 33400.0 1.38 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-THUJENE 0 Seed 36.0 231.0 -0.09 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ALPHA-THUJENE 0 Shoot Essent. Oil not available 10600.0 0.62 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL 32 Leaf 16.0 147.0 -0.63 Duke, 1992 *
ALUMINUM 5 Plant 4.0 210.0 -0.34 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
ANETHOFURAN 0 Essential Oil not available 169000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ANETHOLE 36 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
ANISIC-ALDEHYDE 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.
APIGENIN 101 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
APIGENIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCURONIDE 0 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
APIOL 2 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
APIOL 2 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
APIOL 2 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
APIOL 2 Shoot not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
APIOLE 20 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.
ARGINASE 0 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
ARGININE 14 Fruit 12630.0 13678.0 2.50 Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE 14 Seed 12630.0 13678.0 -0.46 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ARSENIC 2 Plant 0.0 0.1 -0.45 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
ASCORBIC-ACID 112 Plant 1214.0 1440.0 -0.26 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.