An official website of the United States government.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PROTEIN | 0 | Seed | 190521.0 | 400000.0 | 1.48 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PUFA | 4 | Seed | 32720.0 | 36320.0 | -0.53 | Revised USDA data received 1993. |
| QUERCETIN | 176 | Flower | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN | 176 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN | 176 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN | 176 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN-3'-GLUCOSIDE | 2 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| QUERCETIN-3-0-GALACTOSIDE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| QUERCETIN-3-GLUCURONIDE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp. |
| QUERCETIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE | 2 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCURONIDE | 2 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN-3-O-CAFFEYL-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RHAMNOSE | 0 | 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. |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Fruit | 3.0 | 4.0 | -0.22 | Duke, 1992 * |
| RIBOFLAVIN | 15 | Seed | 3.0 | 4.0 | 0.18 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| SABINENE | 5 | Fruit | 30.0 | 60.0 | -0.52 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SABINENE | 5 | Seed | 4.0 | 60.0 | -0.44 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SALICYLATES | 7 | Seed | 28.0 | 30.0 | -0.18 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SCOPOLETIN | 44 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| SCOPOLETIN | 44 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antivaccinia | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 207. |
| Antivaricose | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antivertigo | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiviral | 14 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiviral? | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antivitiligic | 4 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiwrinkle | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antixerophthalmic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiyeast | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anxiolytic | 6 | Merck 11th Edition |
| Aphrodisiac | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Apoptotic | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Aromatase-Inhibitor | 1 | Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 235.1999. |
| Artemicide | 3 | Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990. |
| Astringent | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| ATPase-Inhibitor | 1 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Bacteriostatic | 1 | Chin. J. Tuber. Respir. Dis. |
| Bacteristat | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Barbituate-Synergist | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Beta-Blocker | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |