Plant Carum carvi (Apiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Caraway; Carum; Kummel (Ger.); Comino (Sp.); Comino de prado (Sp.)

How this plant is used

Food

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
1-P-MENTHENE-8,9-DIOL	0	Seed	40.0	125.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,4-HEXADIENAL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,8-P-MENTHADIENE-1-OL	0	Seed	120.0	365.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,8-P-MENTHADIENE-6-OL	0	Seed	110.0	330.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-BENZALDEHYDE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-METHYL-BENZALDEHYDE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5-METHOXY-PSORALEN	10	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Wealth of India.
5-METHOXY-PSORALEN	10	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
8-CIS-MENTHENE	0	Seed	not available	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
8-METHOXY-PSORALEN	21	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Wealth of India.
8-P-MENTHENE-1,2-DIOL	0	Seed	30.0	85.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
8-P-MENTHENE-1,2-DIOL-ISOMER	0	Seed	30.0	85.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
8-P-MENTHENE-7-AL	0	Seed	30.0	85.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ABSCISIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	0.1	-0.49	Duke, 1992 *
ACETALDEHYDE	6	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETALDEHYDE	6	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE	3	Seed	9140.0	10150.0	0.00	Revised USDA data received 1993.
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID	15	Fruit	1500.0	1664.0	-0.40	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID	15	Seed	1500.0	1664.0	-0.30	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Fruit	3.0	6.0	-0.57	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Carminative	3	Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Caspase-8-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Catabolic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cerebrodepressant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chelator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive	7	Duke, 1992 *
Cholagogue	3	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Choleretic	8	Duke, 1992 *
Cholesterolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cicatrizant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Circulotonic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Clastogenic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CNS-Active	1	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
CNS-Depressant	3	Facciola, S. 1998. Cornucopia - A Source Book of Edible Plants. Kampong Publications, Vista CA. 713 pp.
CNS-Stimulant	4	Duke, 1992 *
Co-carcinogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Coleoptophile	1	Duke, 1992 *
Collagen-Sparing	1	Duke, 1992 *
Collagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Colorant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.