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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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 *
TRANS-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Seed *
TRANS-CARVEOL 1 Flower Essent. Oil *
TRANS-CARVEOL 1 Seed 105.0 210.0 -1.00 *
TRANS-CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE 0 Seed 5.0 20.0 *
TRANS-DIHYDROCARVONE 0 Fruit 177.0 354.0 1.00 *
TRANS-DIHYDROCARVONE 0 Seed 15.0 354.0 -1.00 *
TRANS-LIMONENE-DIEPOXIDE 0 Seed 45.0 140.0 *
TRANS-LIMONENE-EPOXIDE 0 Seed 200.0 600.0 *
TRICYCLENE 0 Fruit *
TRICYCLENE 0 Seed Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
TRIFOLIN 2 Seed *
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 Wealth of India.
UMBELLIFERONE 22 Root *
VALINE 3 Seed 10370.0 11510.0 -0.06 Revised USDA data received 1993.
WATER 0 Seed 91880.0 155000.0 -0.28 *
XANTHOTOXIN 43 Seed *
XYLOSE 3 Seed 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.
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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 *
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 *
Antistomatitic 2 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207.
Antistreptococcic 3 *
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 *
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 *
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 *