Plant Carum carvi (Apiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Caraway; Carum; Kummel (Ger.); Comino (Sp.); Comino de prado (Sp.)

How this plant is used

Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
1-P-MENTHENE-8,9-DIOL	0	Seed	40.0	125.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,4-HEXADIENAL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,8-P-MENTHADIENE-1-OL	0	Seed	120.0	365.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,8-P-MENTHADIENE-6-OL	0	Seed	110.0	330.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-BENZALDEHYDE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-METHYL-BENZALDEHYDE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5-METHOXY-PSORALEN	10	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Wealth of India.
5-METHOXY-PSORALEN	10	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
8-CIS-MENTHENE	0	Seed	not available	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
8-METHOXY-PSORALEN	21	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Wealth of India.
8-P-MENTHENE-1,2-DIOL	0	Seed	30.0	85.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
8-P-MENTHENE-1,2-DIOL-ISOMER	0	Seed	30.0	85.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
8-P-MENTHENE-7-AL	0	Seed	30.0	85.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ABSCISIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	0.1	-0.49	Duke, 1992 *
ACETALDEHYDE	6	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETALDEHYDE	6	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE	3	Seed	9140.0	10150.0	0.00	Revised USDA data received 1993.
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID	15	Fruit	1500.0	1664.0	-0.40	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID	15	Seed	1500.0	1664.0	-0.30	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Fruit	3.0	6.0	-0.57	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
(-)-Chronotropic	1	Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
(-)-Inotropic	1	Hansel, R., Keller, K., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1992. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Drogen (A-D), 1209 pp., 1993 (E-O), 970 pp., 1994 (P-Z), 1196 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
11B-HSD-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	6	Duke, 1992 *
5-Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	2	Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Absorbent	1	Martindale's 29th
Acaricide	6	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	8	Duke, 1992 *
Acetylcholinergic	1	Duke, 1992 *
AChE-Inhibitor	1	Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Addictive	1	Science News, 145: 294.
Adjuvant	1	Merck 11th Edition
Aldehyde-Oxidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	15	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic	16	Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *