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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DELTA-3-CARENE | 8 | Seed | 90.0 | 180.0 | -0.16 | Duke, 1992 * |
| DELTA-3-CARENE-EPOXIDE | 0 | Seed | 5.0 | 20.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIACETYL | 2 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIACETYL | 2 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIHYDROCARVEOL | 2 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIHYDROCARVEOL | 2 | Fruit | 360.0 | 720.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIHYDROCARVEOL | 2 | Plant | not available | 950.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| DIHYDROCARVEOL | 2 | Seed | 200.0 | 780.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIHYDROCARVONE | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | 5000.0 | -0.51 | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIHYDROCARVONE | 0 | Fruit | 240.0 | 1500.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIHYDROCARVONE | 0 | Plant | not available | 230.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| DIHYDROCARVONE | 0 | Seed | 240.0 | 1890.0 | 1.22 | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIHYDROCARVYL-ACETATE | 1 | Fruit | 45.0 | 90.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIHYDROCARVYL-ACETATE | 1 | Plant | not available | 55.0 | -0.62 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| DIHYDROCARVYL-ACETATE | 1 | Seed | 45.0 | 455.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| DIHYDROPINOL | 0 | Essential Oil | not available | 2800.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EICOSENOIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | 1000.0 | 1800.0 | -1.31 | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Fruit | 30000.0 | 70000.0 | 0.54 | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Plant | not available | 10000.0 | 0.02 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| EO | 0 | Seed | 20000.0 | 82000.0 | 0.49 | 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 * |