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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
LEUCINE 2 Fruit 9250.0 10018.0 1.05 Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE 2 Seed 9250.0 10018.0 -0.68 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LIMONENE 60 Essential Oil 467000.0 628800.0 2.88 Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Leaf 125.0 3735.0 3.48 Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 214300.0 0.27 Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Root Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Shoot Essent. Oil not available 119200.0 0.31 Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL 53 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL 53 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
LINALYL-ACETATE 7 Seed not available not available not available Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Fruit 9600.0 10397.0 -0.21 Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 9600.0 10397.0 -0.83 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LUTEOLIN-7-GLUCOSIDE 7 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
LUTEOLIN-GLYCOSIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE 4 Fruit 10380.0 11242.0 1.85 Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE 4 Seed 10380.0 11242.0 -0.12 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antibronchitic 1 Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Antibronchoconstrictor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer 8 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast) 1 Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.
Anticancer (Cervix) 2 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Anticancer (Colon) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Esophagus)? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticancer (Forestomach) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Liver) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Lung) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Pancreas) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Skin) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticanker 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticapillary-Fragility 4 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Anticarcinogenic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Anticarcinomic (Breast) 1 Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Anticardiospasmic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticariogenic 6 Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105.
Anticarpal-Tunnel 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Anticataract 11 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.