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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Antiadrenalinic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiadrenergic | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Antiaflatoxin | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiAGE | 1 | Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95 |
| Antiaggregant | 8 | Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp. |
| Antiaging | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiakathisic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antialcoholic | 4 | Forest H. Nielsen, USDA, Grand Forks, various publications. |
| Antialdosteronic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antialkali? | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antialkalotic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiallergic | 8 | J. Food Hyg. Soc. Jap. 33(6): 569. |
| Antialopecic | 5 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antialzheimeran | 4 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antialzheimeran? | 3 | L. Gracza (1985) as cited by Buchbauer re antiacetylcholinesterase. |
| Antiamblyopic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antianaphylactic | 3 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antiandrogenic | 4 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antianemic | 3 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antianginal | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |