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Anethum graveolens  L.

   

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Botanical Name

:

Anethum graveolens L.

English Name

:

Indian Dill or Dill

Synonym(s)

:

Peucedanum graveolens Linn. Anethum sowa Roxb. ex Flem.

Family

:

Apiaceae

 

General Info

Description

It is an annual, glabrous, aromatic herb, grows up to 1.2 m in height. The leaves are decompound and ultimate segments filiform. Flowers are pale yellow in compound umbels. Fruits are sub-elliptical, dorsally compressed, glabrous, with 3 longitudinal ridges, winged, with 2 mericarps. The mericarps remain joined together even under stored conditions. Vittae with marginal walls appear irregularly and have thickenings near the angles.

Herb Effects

Antihalitosis, aromatic, carminative, diuretic, galactogogue, stimulant, stomachic, aromatic carminative, reduces fever and anthelmintic (fruit); abortifacient (in rats) (seed extract); hypoglycemic, alleviates spasms (50% EtOH extract from fruit).

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Chemistry

Active Ingredients

Mainly carvone, then limonene, dihydrocarvone, apiol, dill apiol and terpenes (essential oil); phellandrine (in certain varieties of this plant).

Chemistry of Active Ingredients
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Name

CAS#

IUPAC Name

Formula

Structure

Product Categories
Carvone 53763-73-8 2-methyl-5-prop-1-en
-2-yl-cyclohex-2-en-
1-one
C10H14O Click Here To Enlarge
Limonene 9003-73-0 1-methyl-4-prop-1-en
-2-yl-cyclohexene
C10H16 Click Here To Enlarge
Dihydrocarvone 5948-04-9 2-methyl-5-prop-1-en
-2-yl-cyclohexan-1-o
ne
C10H16O Click Here To Enlarge
Apiol 83382-66-5 4,7-dimethoxy-5-prop
-2-enyl-benzo[1,3]di
oxole
C12H14O4 Click Here To Enlarge
Dill apiol 484-31-1 4,5-dimethoxy-6-prop
-2-enyl-benzo[1,3]di
oxole
C12H14O4 Click Here To Enlarge

Pharmacology

Medicinal Use

In digestive (such as indigestion) and menstrual disorders, insomnia, headache, boils and swellings, to increase the flow of milk in nursing mothers and will then be taken by the baby in the milk to help prevent colic.

Contraindication

Possible skin sensitivity, avoid in pregnancy and with infants and children.

Reference

Stary, Medicinal Herbs and Plants.


Sharma, Classical Uses of Medicinal Plants.

Chandel et al., Biodiversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India.

The Himalaya Drug Company.

Grieve M. A Modern Herbal (1931) (www.botanical.com).

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