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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SERINE | 1 | Seed | 9460.0 | 10500.0 | -0.01 | Revised USDA data received 1993. |
| SFA | 0 | Seed | 6200.0 | 6880.0 | -0.51 | Revised USDA data received 1993. |
| SODIUM | 1 | Fruit | 149.0 | 212.0 | -0.16 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SODIUM | 1 | Seed | 149.0 | 340.0 | -0.18 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STARCH | 5 | Fruit | not available | 45000.0 | -0.39 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STARCH | 5 | Seed | not available | 45000.0 | -1.07 | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Plant | 1100.0 | 1221.0 | -0.32 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Seed | 1000.0 | 1800.0 | -0.53 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STIGMASTEROL | 12 | Seed | not available | 310.0 | -0.14 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| SUGARS | 0 | Fruit | not available | 30000.0 | -0.76 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SUGARS | 0 | Seed | not available | 30000.0 | -0.67 | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| TANNIN | 35 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINEN-4-OL | 23 | Plant | 120.0 | 985.0 | 0.15 | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINOLENE | 9 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| TERPINOLENE | 9 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Fruit | 3.0 | 4.0 | -0.17 | Duke, 1992 * |
| THIAMIN | 31 | Seed | 3.0 | 4.0 | -0.62 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| THREONINE | 4 | Seed | 7560.0 | 8390.0 | 0.06 | Revised USDA data received 1993. |
| THUJONE | 17 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| THUJONE | 17 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antishock | 1 | Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp. |
| Antisickling | 2 | Ekeke, G.I. and Shode, F.O. 1988. Phenylalanine is the Predominant Antisickling Agent in Cajanus cajan Seed Extract. Planta Medica 56(1): 41, 1990. |
| Antisinusitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antispare-Tire | 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 |
| Antispasmodic | 22 | Fitoterapia No.59-1984. |
| Antispasmophilic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antistaphylococcic | 10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antistomatitic | 2 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207. |
| Antistreptococcic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antistress | 4 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antistroke | 2 | 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 |
| Antisunburn | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antisyndrome-X | 4 | 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 |
| Antithiamin | 2 | Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, 69. |
| Antithrombic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antithyroid | 1 | Jim Duke's personal files. |
| Antitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antitinnitic | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antitriglyceride | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antitrypanosomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |