botanical record · discovered
Dill
Anethum graveolens
Dill · Garden Dill · Abesón · Aneth · Aneth odorant · Aneth odorant, Fenouil bâtard, Aneth fenouil · Aneth, Anis puant · Aneto puzzolente · Anise · Dild
At a glance
Origin / distribution: Iraq, Dominican Republic, Turkey, China, Bahamas, Nepal, US, Peru
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Ache(Stomach), Balsamic, Bruise, Carminative
Science studied: ALUMINUM, TRANS-ANETHOLE, ANISIC-ALDEHYDE, ARGINASE
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Apiaceae
Scientific name: Anethum graveolens
Common names: Dill, Garden Dill, Abesón, Aneth, Aneth odorant, Aneth odorant, Fenouil bâtard, Aneth fenouil, Aneth, Anis puant, Aneto puzzolente, Anise, Dild
History
The source record documents this plant in Iraq, Elsewhere, Dominican Republic, Turkey, China, Bahamas, Nepal, US and 7 additional places.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Ache(Stomach)
- Balsamic
- Bruise
- Carminative
- Cough
- Detersive
- Digestive
- Diuretic
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- Dropsy
- Jaundice
- Lactogogue
- Laxative
- Medicine
- Narcotic
- Psychedelic
- Sclerosis
- Scurvy
- Sedative
- Stimulant
- Stomachic
- Tumor
- Tumor(Abdomen)
- Resolvent
- Sore
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Iraq
- Elsewhere
- Dominican Republic
- Turkey
- China
- Bahamas
- Nepal
- US
- Peru
- UK
- Belgium
- West Indies
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- India
- Venezuela
- Spain
Documented cultural uses
- Ache(Stomach)
- Balsamic
- Bruise
- Carminative
- Cough
- Detersive
- Digestive
- Diuretic
- Dropsy
- Jaundice
- Lactogogue
- Laxative
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- Medicine
- Narcotic
- Psychedelic
- Sclerosis
- Scurvy
- Sedative
- Stimulant
- Stomachic
- Tumor
- Tumor(Abdomen)
- Resolvent
- Sore
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ALUMINUM
- TRANS-ANETHOLE
- ANISIC-ALDEHYDE
- ARGINASE
- ARGININE
- ASH
- BENZYL-ETHER
- BORON
- BROMINE
- CADMIUM
- CAFFEIC-ACID
- CALCIUM
- CARBOHYDRATES
- BETA-CARYOPHYLLENE
- CIS-CARVEOL
- D-(+)-CARVONE
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- 1,5-CINEOLE
- COBALT
- DECANAL
- D-(+)-DIHYDROCARVONE
- CIS-DIHYDROCARVONE
- DILLANOSIDE
- DILLAPIOLE
- 3,6-DIMETHYLCOUMARAN
- 3,6-DIMETHYL-2,3,4,5,8,9-HEXAHYDROBENZOFURAN
- 4-ALPHA-DIMETHYLSTYRENE
- 3,6-DIMETHYL-3-ALPHA-4,5,7-ALPHA-TETRAHYDROCOUMARAN
- 3,7-DIMETHYL-4,5,6,9-TETRAHYDROCOUMARAN
- EICOSANE
- BETA-ELEMENE
- EO
- FERULIC-ACID
- FIBER
- IRON
- ISOLEUCINE
- ISORHAMNETIN-3-GLUCURONIDE
- LAURIC-ACID
- LEUCINE
- Z-LIGUSTILIDE
- D-(+)-LIMONENE
- LUTEOLIN-7-GLUCOSIDE
- LYSINE
- MANGANESE
- MERCURY
- METHYL-CHAVICOL
- BETA-MYRCENE
- MYRISTICIN
- NEOCNIDOLIDE
- NITROGEN
- 2-NONANOL
- 6-OCTADECENOIC-ACID
- OCTANOL
- PALMITOLEIC-ACID
- PENTADECANE
- BETA-PHELLANDRENE
- PHENYLALANINE
- PHOSPHORUS
- ALPHA-PINENE
- BETA-PINENE
- GAMMA-PINENE
- PROTEIN
- QUERCETIN
- QUERCITRIN
- RIBOFLAVIN
- SABINENE
- SENKYUNOLIDE
- BETA-SITOSTEROL
- BETA-SITOSTEROL-GLUCOSIDE
- SODIUM
- STEARIC-ACID
- SULFUR
- TANNINS
- TERPINEN-4-OL
- GAMMA-TERPINENE
- BETA-TERPINEOL
- TETRADECANE
- THIAMIN
- ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL
- TRIDECENE
- ALPHA,ALPHA-BETA-TRIMETHYLBENZYL-ALCOHOL
- UREASE
- VALINE
- XANTHOPHYLL
- WATER
- ZINC
- FAT
- LINOLEIC-ACID
- ASCORBIC-ACID
- CAROTENOIDS
- HEXADECANE
- NONADECANE
- DELTA-5,6-OCTADECENOIC-ACID
- 1,4-TERPINENOL
- ANETHOLE
- APIOLE
- ARSENIC
- BERGAPTEN
- BUTYL-PHTHALIDE
- TRANS-CARVEOL
- CARVOTANACETONE
- CINEOLE
- DIHYDROCARVEOL
- 6,7-DIHYDRO-8,8,DIMETHYL-2H,8H-BENZO-(1,2B:5,4')-DIPYRAN-2,6-DIONE
- DIPENTENE
- ELEMICIN
- GERANIOL
- KAEMPFEROL-3-GLUCURONIDE
- ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID
- METHYL-BENZOATE
- NONANAL
- 7-OCTADECENOIC-ACID
- D-ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE
- POTASSIUM
- QUERCETIN-3-GLUCURONIDE
- SALICALDEHYDE
- SILICON
- STIGMASTEROL
- ALPHA-TERPINEOL
- TETRAHYDROCOUMARANE
- ALPHA-THUJENE
- UMBELLIFERONE
- FLAVONE
- BETA-SITOSTEROL-GLYCOSIDE
- NIACIN
- MYRISTIC-ACID
- PALMITIC-ACID
- P-CYMENE
- FLUORINE
- MAGNESIUM
- THREONINE
- COPPER
- CAMPHENE
- CAMPHOR
- CARVONE
- LIMONENE
- CARVACROL
- CHROMIUM
- ESCULETIN
- EUGENOL
- FURFURAL
- HISTIDINE
- ISOEUGENOL
- ISORHAMNETIN
- KAEMPFEROL
- LEAD
- LINALOOL
- METHIONINE
- MOLYBDENUM
- MYRCENE
- NICKEL
- PARAFFIN
- PETROSELINIC-ACID-TRIGYLCERIDE
- TRANS-DIHYDROCARVONE
- RUBIDIUM
- SAFROLE
- SELENIUM
- 1-DIHYDROCARVEOL
- 2-DIHYDROCARVEOL
- 3,6-DIMETHYL-2,3,3A,4,5,7A-HEXAHYDROBENZOFURAN
- AESCULETIN
- ALPHA-CADINENE
- ALPHA-DIMETHYLSTYRENE
- ALPHA-P-DIMETHYL-STYRENE
- ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE
- ALPHA-PYRONENE
- ALPHA-TERPINENE
- CALAMENENE
- CAMPESTEROL
- CARVEOL
- CIS-3-HEXEN-1-OL
- CIS-3-HEXEN-1-YL-ACETATE
- COUMARINS
- D-8-DEHYDRO-P-CYMENE
- DELTA-3-CARENE
- DELTA-CADINENE
- DIHYDROCARVONE
- DILL-ETHER
- FENCHONE
- GERMACRENE-D
- ISOMYRISTICIN
- ISOTHYMOL
- LINALYL-ACETATE
- N-UNDECANE
- NEOPHYTADIENE
- OSTHOLE
- P-MENTHA-1,3,8-TRIENE
- P-CYMENE-8-OL
- PHYTOFLUENE
- PHYTOSTEROLS
- PIPERITOL
- QUERCETIN-3-0-RUTINOSIDE
- ROSMARINIC-ACID
- SABINOL
- SALICYLATES
- TERPINOLENE
- TRANS-2-HEXEN-1-OL
- TRANS-BETA-OCIMENE
- TRANS-P-MENTHA-2-EN-OL
- URANIUM
- VANADIUM
- VITAMIN-P
- 1-METHYL-4-ISOPROPENYL-BENZENE
- CHLOROGENIC-ACID
- 1,5-CINEOL
- 3',4'-DIMETHOXYQUERCETIN
- 4'-METHOXY-KAEMPFEROL
- 4-METHYL-AESCULETIN
- 5-METHOXY-PSORALEN
- 6,7-DIHYDRO-8,8-DIMETHYL-2(H),8(H)BENZO-(1,2B,5,4B'-DIPYRAN-2-6-DIONE
- ALPHA-CARVONE
- ALPHA-CUBEBENE
- ANETHOFURAN
- APIGENIN
- APIGENIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCURONIDE
- APIOL
- BENZOIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER
- BETA-EUDESMOL
- CAROTENE
- CIS-LIGUSTILIDE
- CIS-OCIMENE
- DILL-FURAN
- DILLANOL
- DILLAPIOL
- DILLAPIONAL
- ERGOSTEROL
- HYPEROSIDE
- IMPERATORIN
- ISODILLAPIOL
- ISOPIPERITENONE
- KAEMPFEROL-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCURONIDE
- KAEMPFEROL-GLYCOFLAVONE
- LUTEOLIN-GLYCOSIDE
- N-BUTYLPHTHALIDE
- NEOCNIDILIDE
- OCTADECA-5,6-DIENOIC-ACID
- OCTAN-1-AL
- OLEIC-ACID
- P-COUMARIC-ACID
- P-MENTHA-2,4(8)-DIENE
- PERSICARIN
- PETROSELINIC-ACID
- PHELLANDRENE
- PHYTOCHELATIN-A
- PIPERINE
- QUERCETIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCURONIDE
- QUERCETIN-3-RHAMNOGLUCOSIDE
- QUERCETIN-3-SULFATE
- (+)-CIS-CARVEOL
- (-)-CIS-CARVEOL
- (+)-TRANS-CARVEOL
- (-)-TRANS-CARVEOL
- (+)-CARVONE
- (-)-CARVONE
- (-)-DIHYDROCARVONE
- (+)-LIMONENE
- (-)-LIMONENE
- (+)-ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE
- GAMMA-SITOSTEROL
- SCOPOLETIN
- UMBELLIPRENIN
- VICENIN
- ALPHA-P-STYRENE
- ISOQUERCITRIN
- ISORHOIFOLIN
- RUTIN
- THYMOL
- TOLUENE
- VITAMIN-K
- XANTHOTOXIN
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.
Reference images
Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
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