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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-P-MENTHENE-8,9-DIOL | 0 | Seed | 40.0 | 125.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 2,4-HEXADIENAL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 2,8-P-MENTHADIENE-1-OL | 0 | Seed | 120.0 | 365.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 2,8-P-MENTHADIENE-6-OL | 0 | Seed | 110.0 | 330.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 2-METHYL-BENZALDEHYDE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 4-METHYL-BENZALDEHYDE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 5-METHOXY-PSORALEN | 10 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| 5-METHOXY-PSORALEN | 10 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 8-CIS-MENTHENE | 0 | Seed | not available | 0.1 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 8-METHOXY-PSORALEN | 21 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| 8-P-MENTHENE-1,2-DIOL | 0 | Seed | 30.0 | 85.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 8-P-MENTHENE-1,2-DIOL-ISOMER | 0 | Seed | 30.0 | 85.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 8-P-MENTHENE-7-AL | 0 | Seed | 30.0 | 85.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ABSCISIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | not available | 0.1 | -0.49 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACETALDEHYDE | 6 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACETALDEHYDE | 6 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALANINE | 3 | Seed | 9140.0 | 10150.0 | 0.00 | Revised USDA data received 1993. |
| ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID | 15 | Fruit | 1500.0 | 1664.0 | -0.40 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID | 15 | Seed | 1500.0 | 1664.0 | -0.30 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE | 11 | Fruit | 3.0 | 6.0 | -0.57 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiprostatadenomic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antiprostatitic | 7 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antiprostatotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipruritic | 2 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Antipsoriac | 5 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antipsychotic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antipyretic | 2 | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
| Antiradicular | 8 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| AntiRaynaud's | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antirenitic | 1 | Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990. |
| Antiretardation | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antiretinopathic | 1 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
| Antirheumatalgic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antirheumatic | 5 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antirhinitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiscleromyxoedemic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiscoliotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiscotomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiseptic | 22 | Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176) |
| Antiserotonin | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |