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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
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Seed 125.0 7469.0 1.53 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Shoot Essent. Oil 248800.0 525100.0 1.41 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Fruit 24.0 1001.0 -0.46 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Leaf 25.0 405.0 -0.20 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Seed 12.0 1001.0 -0.39 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Shoot Essent. Oil 17500.0 31700.0 1.98 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PYRONENE 0 Leaf 2.0 6.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Leaf 0.1 2100.0 0.77 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINENE 13 Shoot Essent. Oil not available 3400.0 -0.72 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Essential Oil not available 83800.0 2.94 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Leaf 0.1 20.0 -0.56 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-TERPINEOL 23 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-THUJENE 0 Essential Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-THUJENE 0 Fruit 36.0 231.0 -0.38 Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-THUJENE 0 Leaf 10.0 25.0 -0.37 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antidote (Cadmium) 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Lead) 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Mercury) 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antidote (Paracetamol) 1 Martindale's 29th
Antidote (Paraquat) 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidysenteric 3 HerbalGram No. 24, page 37.
Antidysgeuzic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidyskinetic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antidysmenorrheic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antidyspeptic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antidysphagic 1 Duke, 1992 *
AntiEBV 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antieczemic 4 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiedemic 11 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antielastase 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiemetic 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antiencephalitic 2 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiencephalopathic 5 Martindale's 29th
Antiencephalopathic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic 2 Duke, 1992 *