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Common Names
Caraway; Carum; Kummel (Ger.); Comino (Sp.); Comino de prado (Sp.)
How this plant is used
Food
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CIS-CARVEOL | 0 | Seed | 21.0 | 42.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CIS-DIHYDROCARVONE | 0 | Seed | 15.0 | 50.0 | -0.70 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-LIMONENE-DIEPOXIDE | 0 | Seed | 55.0 | 160.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-LIMONENE-EPOXIDE | 0 | Seed | 300.0 | 900.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-P-MENTH-8-EN-1-OL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRONELLOL | 15 | Seed | not available | 0.1 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| COBALT | 2 | Fruit | not available | 1.0 | -0.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COBALT | 2 | Seed | not available | 1.0 | -0.16 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COPPER | 12 | Fruit | 9.0 | 13.8 | 0.08 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COPPER | 12 | Seed | 9.0 | 18.0 | 0.29 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CUMINALDEHYDE | 10 | Essential Oil | not available | 370000.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CUMINALDEHYDE | 10 | 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. |
| CYSTINE | 2 | Seed | 3290.0 | 3650.0 | 0.35 | Revised USDA data received 1993. |
| D-DIHYDROPINOL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| D-PERILLALDEHYDE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| D-PERILLALDEHYDE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| DECAN-1-AL | 1 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DECANAL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DELTA-3-CARENE | 8 | Fruit | 90.0 | 180.0 | -0.31 | Duke, 1992 * |
| DELTA-3-CARENE | 8 | Plant | not available | 100.0 | -0.30 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| 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 * |