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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
TRANS-1-CARVEOL 0 Seed 230.0 690.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-CARVEOL 1 Flower Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-CARVEOL 1 Seed 105.0 210.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE 0 Seed 5.0 20.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-DIHYDROCARVONE 0 Fruit 177.0 354.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-DIHYDROCARVONE 0 Seed 15.0 354.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-LIMONENE-DIEPOXIDE 0 Seed 45.0 140.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-LIMONENE-EPOXIDE 0 Seed 200.0 600.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TRICYCLENE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRICYCLENE 0 Seed not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
TRIFOLIN 2 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Seed 2440.0 2710.0 -0.21 Revised USDA data received 1993.
TYROSINE 8 Seed 6420.0 7125.0 -0.14 Revised USDA data received 1993.
UMBELLIFERONE 22 Plant not available not available not available Wealth of India.
UMBELLIFERONE 22 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VALINE 3 Seed 10370.0 11510.0 -0.06 Revised USDA data received 1993.
WATER 0 Seed 91880.0 155000.0 -0.28 Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOTOXIN 43 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
XYLOSE 3 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.
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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
Antinitrosaminic 6 Ki Soon Rhee. Oilseed Food Ingredients Used To Minimize Oxidative Flavor Deterioration in Meat Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.18.
Antinociceptive 7 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antinyctalopic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antiophidic 4 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiosteoporotic 6 Duke, 1992 *
Antiototic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antioxidant 28 Jim Duke's personal files.
Antioxidant (LDL) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antioxidant? 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antiozenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipancreatitic 1 Joseph, J., Nadeau, D. and Underwood, A. 2001. The Color Code. Hyperion, NY.
Antipapillomic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiparkinsonian 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antipellagric 3 Martindale's 28th
Antiperiodontal 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiperiodontic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodontitic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiperistaltic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antipermeability 1 Duke, 1992 *