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Plant Carum carvi (Apiaceae)

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
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Seed 900.0 999.0 -0.27 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PERILLALDEHYDE 11 Seed 20.0 60.0 -0.50 Duke, 1992 *
PERILLYL-ALCOHOL 14 Essential Oil not available 800.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PERILLYL-ALCOHOL 14 Plant 160.0 1310.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
PETROSELINIC-ACID 0 Plant not available 33020.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
PETROSELINIC-ACID 0 Seed 40000.0 354000.0 -0.80 Duke, 1992 *
PETROSELINIC-ACID 0 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Seed 8670.0 9625.0 -0.23 Revised USDA data received 1993.
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 5680.0 6302.0 0.94 Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Seed 5650.0 6580.0 0.32 Duke, 1992 *
PHYTATE 0 Seed 10190.0 10900.0 -0.19 Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOFLUENE 0 Plant not available not available not available Wealth of India.
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Fruit not available 760.0 -0.24 Duke, 1992 *
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Seed not available 760.0 -0.44 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
POLYACETYLENES 0 Root not available not available not available 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.
POLYSACCHARIDES 0 Seed not available 130000.0 -0.64 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.
POTASSIUM 14 Fruit 12902.0 15665.0 -0.20 Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM 14 Seed 10810.0 15670.0 0.27 Duke, 1992 *
PROLINE 0 Seed 9170.0 10180.0 -0.23 Revised USDA data received 1993.
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 190521.0 220000.0 1.48 Duke, 1992 *
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List of plant activities.
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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 *