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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
(+)-CARVONE 2 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-CARVONE 2 Seed 9000.0 55760.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-CARVONE 2 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-CIS-CARVEOL 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-DIHYDROCARVEOL 0 Essential Oil not available 600.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-LIMONENE 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(+)-TRANS-CARVEOL 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-CARVONE 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-CIS-CARVEOL 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-DIHYDROCARVONE 0 Essential Oil not available 10.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-LIMONENE 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(-)-TRANS-CARVEOL 0 Seed Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(E)-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(E)-DIHYDROCARVONE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(E)-P-MENTHA-2,8-DIEN-1-OL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(Z)-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(Z)-DIHYDROCARVONE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
(Z)-P-MENTHA-2,8-DIEN-1-OL 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Seed not available 0.1 -0.71 Duke, 1992 *
1-P-MENTHENE-6-AN-OL 0 Seed 50.0 155.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
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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
Antitubercular 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor 12 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antitumor (Bladder) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Breast) 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Cervix) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (CNS) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Colon) 5 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Lung) 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Ovary) 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Pancreas) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Prostate) 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Skin) 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor (Stomach) 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter 6 Cancer Research, 48: 5941.
Antitussive 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiulcer 13 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiulcerogenic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antiuremic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiuricosuric 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
AntiUTI 1 Duke, 1992 *