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

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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
GLUTAMIC-ACID	8	Seed	31690.0	35175.0	-0.28	Revised USDA data received 1993.
GLYCINE	12	Seed	13220.0	14675.0	0.54	Revised USDA data received 1993.
HERNIARIN	12	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Wealth of India.
HEXA-2,4-DIEN-1-AL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HEXADECENIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	1000.0	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.
HISTIDINE	7	Seed	5500.0	6105.0	-0.01	Revised USDA data received 1993.
HYDROXYCOUMARINS	0	Seed	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.
HYPEROSIDE	30	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Fruit	123.0	286.0	0.61	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Seed	123.0	1200.0	4.87	Duke, 1992 *
ISO-DIHYDROCARVEOL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISO-DIHYDROCARVEOL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ISODIHYDROCARVONE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISODIHYDROCARVONE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ISOLEUCINE	3	Seed	8260.0	9170.0	-0.17	Revised USDA data received 1993.
ISOQUERCITRIN	22	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISOQUERCITRIN	22	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ISORHAMNETIN-3-GALACTOSIDE	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Wealth of India.
ISORHAMNETIN-3-GLUCOSIDE	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Wealth of India.
KAEMPFEROL	75	Flower	not available	not available	not available	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 *