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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
KAEMPFEROL 75 Leaf not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-0-GALACTOSIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Wealth of India.
KAEMPFEROL-3-0-GLUCOSIDE 0 Seed not available not available not available Wealth of India.
KILOCALORIES 0 Seed 3330.0 3700.0 -0.91 Revised USDA data received 1993.
LAURIC-ACID 7 Fruit 100.0 110.0 -0.44 Duke, 1992 *
LAURIC-ACID 7 Seed 100.0 110.0 -0.51 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
LEUCINE 2 Seed 12180.0 13520.0 -0.34 Revised USDA data received 1993.
LIMONENE 60 Essential Oil 250000.0 500000.0 2.14 Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Fruit 7860.0 30180.0 3.58 Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Plant not available 420.0 -0.23 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
LIMONENE 60 Seed 3000.0 42000.0 2.25 Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE 60 Seed Essent. Oil not available 381600.0 0.72 Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE-4-OL 0 Seed 20.0 55.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LINALOL 0 Fruit 48.0 96.0 -0.62 Duke, 1992 *
LINALOOL 53 Seed 5.0 96.0 -0.46 Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Fruit 20300.0 46714.0 0.30 Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 19600.0 46714.0 -0.52 Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Seed 600.0 4140.0 -0.51 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.
LYSINE 4 Seed 10310.0 11445.0 -0.09 Revised USDA data received 1993.
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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 *