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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KAEMPFEROL | 75 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KAEMPFEROL | 75 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KAEMPFEROL-3-0-GALACTOSIDE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| KAEMPFEROL-3-0-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| KILOCALORIES | 0 | Seed | 3330.0 | 3700.0 | -0.91 | Revised USDA data received 1993. |
| LAURIC-ACID | 7 | Fruit | 100.0 | 110.0 | -0.44 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LAURIC-ACID | 7 | Seed | 100.0 | 110.0 | -0.51 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| LEUCINE | 2 | Seed | 12180.0 | 13520.0 | -0.34 | Revised USDA data received 1993. |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Essential Oil | 250000.0 | 500000.0 | 2.14 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Fruit | 7860.0 | 30180.0 | 3.58 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Plant | not available | 420.0 | -0.23 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Seed | 3000.0 | 42000.0 | 2.25 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | 381600.0 | 0.72 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE-4-OL | 0 | Seed | 20.0 | 55.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOL | 0 | Fruit | 48.0 | 96.0 | -0.62 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Seed | 5.0 | 96.0 | -0.46 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Fruit | 20300.0 | 46714.0 | 0.30 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Seed | 19600.0 | 46714.0 | -0.52 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLENIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | 600.0 | 4140.0 | -0.51 | 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. |
| LYSINE | 4 | Seed | 10310.0 | 11445.0 | -0.09 | Revised USDA data received 1993. |
| 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. |