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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CIS-CARVEOL | 0 | Seed | 21.0 | 42.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CIS-DIHYDROCARVONE | 0 | Seed | 15.0 | 50.0 | -0.70 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-LIMONENE-DIEPOXIDE | 0 | Seed | 55.0 | 160.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-LIMONENE-EPOXIDE | 0 | Seed | 300.0 | 900.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-P-MENTH-8-EN-1-OL | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CITRONELLOL | 15 | Seed | not available | 0.1 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| COBALT | 2 | Fruit | not available | 1.0 | -0.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COBALT | 2 | Seed | not available | 1.0 | -0.16 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COPPER | 12 | Fruit | 9.0 | 13.8 | 0.08 | Duke, 1992 * |
| COPPER | 12 | Seed | 9.0 | 18.0 | 0.29 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CUMINALDEHYDE | 10 | Essential Oil | not available | 370000.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CUMINALDEHYDE | 10 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| CYSTINE | 2 | Seed | 3290.0 | 3650.0 | 0.35 | Revised USDA data received 1993. |
| D-DIHYDROPINOL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| D-PERILLALDEHYDE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| D-PERILLALDEHYDE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979. |
| DECAN-1-AL | 1 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DECANAL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DELTA-3-CARENE | 8 | Fruit | 90.0 | 180.0 | -0.31 | Duke, 1992 * |
| DELTA-3-CARENE | 8 | Plant | not available | 100.0 | -0.30 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| 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 * |