Table 1. Chemical composition of essential oil isolated by hydrodistillation from dill seed.

Peak No.	R.I.	Compound	Relative concentration (%)
1	902	α- Thujene	tr
2	948	α- Pinene	tr
3	958	β- Myrcene	tr
4	964	β- Phellandrene	tr
5	969	α- Phellandrene	0.51
6	998	γ- Terpinene	0.10
7	1018	Limonene	32.63
8	1031	trans- Limonene oxide	tr
9	1042	p-Cymene	0.18
10	1103	Anethofuran	tr
11	1121	trans-Fenchone	tr
12	1179	cis-Dihydrocarvone	2.56
13	1179	trans-Dihydrocarvone	3.35
14	1190	Carvone	41.51
15	1196	Dihydrocarveol	0.22
16	1196	Neodihydrocarveol	0.33
17	1206	cis-Carveol	0.24
18	1507	Caryophyllene oxide	tr
19	1516	Myristicin	0.40
20	1568	Asarone	tr
21	1705	Apiol	16.79
		Total identified	98.82

R.I., retention index on the Rtx-5MS column. tr (trace), relative content < 0.10%.