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

Common Names

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

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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
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 *

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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.