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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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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 *
PUFA 4 Seed 32720.0 36320.0 -0.53 Revised USDA data received 1993.
QUERCETIN 176 Flower *
QUERCETIN 176 Fruit *
QUERCETIN 176 Leaf *
QUERCETIN 176 Seed *
QUERCETIN-3'-GLUCOSIDE 2 Seed Wealth of India.
QUERCETIN-3-0-GALACTOSIDE 0 Seed Wealth of India.
QUERCETIN-3-GLUCURONIDE 0 Seed 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 *
QUERCETIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCURONIDE 2 Seed *
QUERCETIN-3-O-CAFFEYL-GLUCOSIDE 0 Seed *
RHAMNOSE 0 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.
RIBOFLAVIN 15 Fruit 3.0 4.0 -0.22 *
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 *
SABINENE 5 Seed 4.0 60.0 -0.44 *
SALICYLATES 7 Seed 28.0 30.0 -0.18 *
SCOPOLETIN 44 Plant Wealth of India.
SCOPOLETIN 44 Root *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Bradycardiac 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bronchoprotectant 1 *
Bronchorelaxant 2 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Bufocide 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Calcium-Antagonist 5 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker 1 *
Calmodulin-Antagonist 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
cAMP-Inhibitor 1 Schussler, M., Fricke, U., Nikolov, N., and Holzl, J. 1991. Comparison of the Flavonoids Occurring in Crataegus species and Inhibition of 3',5'-Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate Phosphodiesterase. Plant Medica 57: Suppl Issue 2. p.A-133.
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor 2 *
Cancer-Preventive 35 Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.
Candidicide 12 Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Candidistat 3 *
Capillarifortificant 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Capillarigenic 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Capillariprotective 1 Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic 8 *
Carcinogenic? 1 Martindale's 29th
Cardiomyopathogenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Cardioprotective 6 *
Cardiotoxic 1 *