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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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
CINEOLE 0 Plant Rizk, A.F.M., The Phytochemistry of the Flora of Qatar, Scientific and Applied Research Centre, University of Qatar, Kingprint, Richmond, UK, 1986.
CIS-3-HEXEN-1-OL 0 Leaf 0.1 365.0 -0.49 *
CIS-3-HEXEN-1-YL-ACETATE 0 Leaf 0.1 15.0 *
CIS-CARVEOL 0 Fruit *
CIS-CARVEOL 0 Seed Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CIS-DIHYDROCARVONE 0 Essential Oil *
CIS-DIHYDROCARVONE 0 Fruit 36.0 12782.0 *
CIS-DIHYDROCARVONE 0 Leaf 40.0 110.0 *
CIS-DIHYDROCARVONE 0 Seed 36.0 12782.0 1.41 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CIS-LIGUSTILIDE 0 Root *
CIS-OCIMENE 3 Essential Oil *
COBALT 2 Plant 0.0 0.3 -0.47 ACTA AGRIC SCAND SUPPL 22: 1980
COPPER 12 Fruit 8.0 -0.38 *
COPPER 12 Plant 1.7 17.0 0.33 *
COPPER 12 Seed 8.0 -0.62 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
COUMARINS 0 Seed Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
D-(+)-CARVONE 0 Fruit 5196.0 37653.0 *
D-(+)-CARVONE 0 Seed 5196.0 37653.0 *
D-(+)-DIHYDROCARVONE 0 Fruit 168.0 1925.0 *
D-(+)-DIHYDROCARVONE 0 Seed 168.0 1925.0 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticephalagic 2 *
Anticervicaldysplasic 2 *
AntiCFS 3 *
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 *
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 *
Anticlimacteric 4 *
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 *
Anticolic 1 *
Anticolitic 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anticomplementary 3 *
Anticonstrictive 1 *
Anticonvulsant 12 *