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
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Seed	not available	1150.0	0.35	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Fruit	64000.0	84000.0	0.71	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Plant	26000.0	205880.0	1.53	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Seed	64000.0	84000.0	1.09	Duke, 1992 *
BENZOIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER	0	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ETHER	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BENZYL-ETHER	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.
BERGAPTEN	26	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BERGAPTEN	26	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BERGAPTEN	26	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE	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.
BETA-ELEMENE	5	Fruit	12.0	77.0	-0.46	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-ELEMENE	5	Seed	12.0	77.0	-0.65	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
BETA-EUDESMOL	13	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-MYRCENE	2	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-MYRCENE	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-MYRCENE	2	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE	3	Essential Oil	not available	31600.0	1.72	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE	3	Fruit	168.0	1925.0	-0.14	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.