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Common Names
Caraway; Carum; Kummel (Ger.); Comino (Sp.); Comino de prado (Sp.)
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N-NONANAL | 5 | Seed | 6.0 | 12.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| N-OCTANAL | 2 | Fruit | 24.0 | 48.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-OCTANAL | 2 | Seed | 24.0 | 48.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| NEODIHYDROCARVEOL | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEODIHYDROCARVEOL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| NEOISODIHYDROCARVEOL | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEOISODIHYDROCARVEOL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| NIACIN | 39 | Fruit | 21.0 | 56.0 | -0.06 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NIACIN | 39 | Seed | 21.0 | 56.0 | 0.39 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| NICKEL | 3 | Fruit | not available | 7.0 | 1.35 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NICKEL | 3 | Seed | 7.0 | 10.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Fruit | 54400.0 | 95648.0 | 0.26 | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Seed | 29000.0 | 241000.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-1(7),8-MENTHADIENE-6-OL | 0 | Seed | 10.0 | 25.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-COUMARIC-ACID | 25 | Seed | not available | 86.0 | -0.29 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-CYMENE | 16 | Seed | 0.1 | 1320.0 | -0.39 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-MENTHA-2,8-DIEN-1-OL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Fruit | 2000.0 | 6658.0 | -0.26 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Seed | 2000.0 | 9000.0 | -0.51 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITOLEIC-ACID | 2 | Fruit | 900.0 | 999.0 | -0.16 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiimplantation | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiimpotence | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiinfective | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiinfertility | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiinflammatory | 28 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiinsomniac | 4 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiinsomnic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiischemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antikeratitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antikeratotic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiketotic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antilaryngitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiLegionella | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antileishmanic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antilepric | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antileucodermic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antileukemic | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antileukonychic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antileukoplakic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antileukotriene | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |