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Chemical ID
CUMINALDEHYDE
Ubiquitous
No
| Dosage | Reference |
|---|---|
| LD50=1,390 (orl rat) | Merck 11th Edition, Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253. |
| Activity | Dosage | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antibacterial | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FLavor | FEMA <1 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Fungicide | not available | Singh*, G., Upadhyay, R.K. 1990. Fungitoxic Activity of Cumaldehyde, Main Constituent of the Cuminum cyminum Oil. Fitoterapia 62(1): 86, 1991. |
| Irritant | not available | Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253. |
| Larvicide | not available | Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980. |
| Perfumery | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Pesticide | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Sedative | not available | Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253. |
| Tyrosinase-Inhibitor | ID50=0.05 mM | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ulcerogenic | not available | Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253. |
| Plant Name | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acacia farnesiana | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| Acacia farnesiana | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Achillea millefolium | Leaf | 0.3 | 11.0 | -0.9 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| Aegle marmelos | Leaf | not available | 300.0 | 1.8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Artemisia annua | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| Artemisia annua | Shoot | 4.0 | 160.0 | 0.6 | Wright,C.W.(Ed)2002.Medicinal&Aromatic Plants-Industrial Profiles.Artemisia.344pp.Maffei,M.(Ed)2002.Vetiveria.The Genus Vetiveria.Taylor&Francis.NY,NY.191pp.Southwell,I.,Lowe,R.(Eds)1999.Tea Tree.The Genus Melaleuca.Harwood Acad.Pub.Amsterdam,Netherlands. |
| Artemisia herba-alba | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Artemisia salsoloides | Shoot | not available | 1000.0 | 5.4 | V. Kaul, P. Weyerstahl, H. Wahlberg, H. Marschall, (1992); Volatile constituents of the essential oil and the absolute of Aremisia salsoloides Willd. from Ladakh,Flavour and Fragrance journal, Vol.7, 299-305. |
| Calamintha nepeta | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Akgul, A., De Pooter, H.L., and De Buyck, L.F. 1991. The Essential Oils of Calamintha nepeta subsp. glandulosa and Ziziphora clinopodioides from Turkey. J. Ess. Oil Res., 3: 7-10. |
| Carum carvi | Essential Oil | not available | 370000.0 | 1.0 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Carum carvi | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Chrysanthemum parthenium | Shoot | not available | 0.0 | -0.3 | Hendriks, H., Bos, R., and Woerdenbag, H. J. 1996. The Essential Oil of Tanacetum parthenium (L.) Schultz-Bip. Flavor and Fragrance Journal 11(6): 367-71. |
| Cinnamomum aromaticum | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cinnamomum aromaticum | Bark | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| Cinnamomum camphora | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cinnamomum verum | Root Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cinnamomum verum | Bark Essent. Oil | not available | 2500.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cinnamomum verum | Stem Bark | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Cinnamomum verum | Bark | 4.0 | 100.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| Cinnamomum verum | Leaf | not available | 9.4 | -0.9 | Mallavarupu, G. R. et al. 1995. Investigation of the essential oil of cinnamon leaf grown at Bangalore and Hyderabad. Flav. & Fragr. J., 10: 239-242. |