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The essential oils of Dill (Anethum graveblens L.) collected from Gilan, Iran | Abstract
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The essential oils of Dill (Anethum graveblens L.) collected from Gilan, Iran

Author(s): Kambiz Larijani, Mohammad Javad Shakouri*, Neda Pishbin, Saeideh Mansourbahmani,Ali Akbar Heidari

Dill weed (Anethum graveblens L.) is a perennial herb of Apiaceae which all of its vegetative parts contains volatile compounds with various pharmaceutical properties. With regards to the dramatically quantitative and qualitative changes of dill volatiles and also plant growth conditions, the essential oils of dill leaves in relation to the ecological growing properties of dill in Ramsar were studied in this present study. According to the results dill leaves contains 17 various essential oils consists of Eugenol, Trans-caryophyllene, Mefranal, Beta-santalene, Pentadecane, Dill apiole, Eudesmol, Haxadecanol, Methyl undecanoate, Limonene , n-octane, α- Phellandren, sabinene bicycle, D-Carvone and Cyclohexasiloxane.