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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Anethum graveolens (Apiaceae)

Common Names
Dill; Garden Dill
How this plant is used
Food

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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
1-METHYL-4-ISOPROPENYL-BENZENE 0 Fruit *
1-METHYL-4-ISOPROPENYL-BENZENE 0 Seed Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
2-DIHYDROCARVEOL 0 Leaf 10.0 30.0 *
2-DIHYDROCARVEOL 0 Seed 155.0 1000.0 *
2-NONANOL 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.
3',4'-DIMETHOXYQUERCETIN 0 Leaf *
3,6-DIMETHYL-2,3,3A,4,5,7A-HEXAHYDROBENZOFURAN 0 Leaf 240.0 750.0 *
3,6-DIMETHYL-2,3,4,5,8,9-HEXAHYDROBENZOFURAN 0 Plant *
3,6-DIMETHYL-3-ALPHA-4,5,7-ALPHA-TETRAHYDROCOUMARAN 0 Essential Oil *
3,6-DIMETHYL-3-ALPHA-4,5,7-ALPHA-TETRAHYDROCOUMARAN 0 Seed *
3,6-DIMETHYL-3A,4,5,7A-TETRAHYDROCOUMARAN 0 Fruit *
3,6-DIMETHYLCOUMARAN 0 Essential Oil *
3,6-DIMETHYLCOUMARAN 0 Plant Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
3,7-DIMETHYL-4,5,6,9-TETRAHYDROCOUMARAN 0 Fruit *
3,7-DIMETHYL-4,5,6,9-TETRAHYDROCOUMARAN 0 Seed Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
4'-METHOXY-KAEMPFEROL 0 Leaf *
4-ALPHA-DIMETHYLSTYRENE 0 Root *
4-METHYL-AESCULETIN 0 Seed Essent. Oil *
5-METHOXY-PSORALEN 10 Seed *
6,7-DIHYDRO-8,8,DIMETHYL-2H,8H-BENZO-(1,2B:5,4')-DIPYRAN-2,6-DIONE 0 Plant J.S. Glasby Dict.Pls Containing 2ndary Metabolite. 1991.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Anticorneotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Anticoronary 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
AntiCrohn's 3 Martindale's 29th
AntiCTS 1 *
AntiCVI 1 *
Anticystitic 1 *
Antidandruff 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidecubitic 3 Martindale's 28th
Antideliriant 1 *
Antidementia 6 Bruneton, J. 1999. Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants. 2nd Ed. Lavoisier Publishing, Paris. 1119 pp.
Antidepressant 11 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antidermatic 1 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Antidermatitic 6 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Antidiabetic 13 *
Antidiabetic? 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Antidiarrheic 1 Wealth of India.
Antidiscotic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidiuretic 1 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Mar-92.
Antidote (Acetaminophen) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Aluminum) 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.