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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
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 5800.0 6281.0 -0.57 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Fruit 500.0 542.0 -0.25 Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Seed 500.0 542.0 -0.29 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PARAFFIN 4 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
PENTADECANE 0 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.
PERSICARIN 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PERSICARIN 0 Shoot not available 580.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PETROSELINIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PETROSELINIC-ACID 0 Seed not available 816000.0 1.18 Duke, 1992 *
PETROSELINIC-ACID-TRIGYLCERIDE 0 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
PHELLANDRENE 4 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Fruit 6700.0 7256.0 1.36 Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Seed 6700.0 7256.0 -0.51 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 2102.0 3723.0 0.15 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Plant 600.0 7625.0 1.94 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Seed 2102.0 3723.0 -0.43 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PHYTOCHELATIN-A 0 Tissue Culture not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOFLUENE 0 Seed not available not available not available Wealth of India.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticephalagic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticervicaldysplasic 2 Duke, 1992 *
AntiCFS 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticheilitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antichilblain 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Anticholinergic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticholinesterase 3 L. Gracza (1985) as cited by Buchbauer re antiacetylcholinesterase.
Anticholinesterase? 1 L. Gracza (1985) as cited by Buchbauer re antiacetylcholinesterase.
Anticirrhotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticirrhotic? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticlastogen 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticlimacteric 4 Duke, 1992 *
Anticoagulant 1 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Anticoeliac 1 Martindale's 28th
Anticold 2 Duke, 1992 *
Anticolic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticolitic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticomplementary 3 Duke, 1992 *
Anticonstrictive 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticonvulsant 12 Duke, 1992 *