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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
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
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 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Antileukotriene-D4 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotrienogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilipolytic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antilipoperoxidant 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic? 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antilupus 1 Martindale's 28th
AntiLyme 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphocytic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antilymphomic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antimaculitic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antimalarial 1 Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987.
Antimange 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimanic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastalgic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimastitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimelanogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimelanomic 4 Duke, 1992 *
AntiMeniere's 1 Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Antimenopausal 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.