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Plant 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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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
SERINE 1 Seed 9460.0 10500.0 -0.01 Revised USDA data received 1993.
SFA 0 Seed 6200.0 6880.0 -0.51 Revised USDA data received 1993.
SODIUM 1 Fruit 149.0 212.0 -0.16 Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM 1 Seed 149.0 340.0 -0.18 Duke, 1992 *
STARCH 5 Fruit not available 45000.0 -0.39 Duke, 1992 *
STARCH 5 Seed not available 45000.0 -1.07 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
STEARIC-ACID 8 Plant 1100.0 1221.0 -0.32 Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed 1000.0 1800.0 -0.53 Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL 12 Seed not available 310.0 -0.14 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
SUGARS 0 Fruit not available 30000.0 -0.76 Duke, 1992 *
SUGARS 0 Seed not available 30000.0 -0.67 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
TANNIN 35 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEN-4-OL 23 Plant 120.0 985.0 0.15 Duke, 1992 *
TERPINOLENE 9 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TERPINOLENE 9 Seed not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
THIAMIN 31 Fruit 3.0 4.0 -0.17 Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN 31 Seed 3.0 4.0 -0.62 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
THREONINE 4 Seed 7560.0 8390.0 0.06 Revised USDA data received 1993.
THUJONE 17 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
THUJONE 17 Seed not available not available not available Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
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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.