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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.
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
D-(+)-LIMONENE 0 Fruit 3972.0 31416.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
D-(+)-LIMONENE 0 Seed 3972.0 31416.0 not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
D-8-DEHYDRO-P-CYMENE 0 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.
D-ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 0 Fruit 516.0 7469.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
D-ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 0 Seed 516.0 7469.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
DECANAL 0 Fruit 24.0 154.0 1.77 Duke, 1992 *
DECANAL 0 Seed 24.0 154.0 not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
DELTA-3-CARENE 8 Leaf not available 0.1 -0.49 Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-5,6-OCTADECENOIC-ACID 0 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
DELTA-CADINENE 9 Leaf 1.0 3.0 -0.45 Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROCARVEOL 2 Leaf 150.0 400.0 0.92 Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROCARVEOL 2 Plant not available not available not available Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
DIHYDROCARVONE 0 Essential Oil not available 400900.0 2.00 Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROCARVONE 0 Leaf 390.0 1050.0 -1.00 Wealth of India.
DIHYDROCARVONE 0 Leaf Essent. Oil not available 1700.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROCARVONE 0 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROCARVONE 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DILL-ETHER 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
DILL-ETHER 0 Leaf 60.0 3495.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
DILL-ETHER 0 Seed 45.0 300.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
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 Duke, 1992 *
AntiCVI 1 Duke, 1992 *
Anticystitic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidandruff 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidecubitic 3 Martindale's 28th
Antideliriant 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
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.