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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MAGNESIUM | 65 | Fruit | 2580.0 | 2863.0 | 0.34 | Duke, 1992 * |
MAGNESIUM | 65 | Seed | 2070.0 | 2950.0 | 0.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
MANGANESE | 14 | Fruit | 13.0 | 34.0 | -0.18 | Duke, 1992 * |
MANGANESE | 14 | Seed | 13.0 | 34.0 | -0.24 | Duke, 1992 * |
MANNANS | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | 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. |
MANNOSE | 3 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | 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. |
METHANOL | 2 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
METHANOL | 2 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
METHIONINE | 15 | Seed | 3610.0 | 4005.0 | -0.08 | Revised USDA data received 1993. |
METHYL-3,7-DIMETHYL-2,6-OCTADIENOATE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
MUFA | 13 | Seed | 71250.0 | 79085.0 | -0.22 | Revised USDA data received 1993. |
MYRCENE | 22 | Fruit | 180.0 | 1560.0 | -0.14 | Duke, 1992 * |
MYRCENE | 22 | Plant | not available | 150.0 | -0.31 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
MYRCENE | 22 | Seed | 12.0 | 1560.0 | -0.18 | Duke, 1992 * |
MYRISTIC-ACID | 6 | Fruit | 400.0 | 444.0 | -0.25 | Duke, 1992 * |
MYRISTIC-ACID | 6 | Seed | 400.0 | 444.0 | -0.29 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
MYRISTICIN | 31 | Fruit | 60.0 | 420.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
MYRISTICIN | 31 | Plant | not available | 120.0 | -1.00 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
MYRISTICIN | 31 | Seed | 60.0 | 985.0 | -0.91 | Duke, 1992 * |
N-NONANAL | 5 | Fruit | 6.0 | 12.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
---|---|---|
Comedolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
COMT-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Contraceptive | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
Convulsant | 2 | R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R. |
Copper-Antagonist | 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 |
Copper-Chelator | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
Cosmetic | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
Counterirritant | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
COX-1-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
COX-2-Inhibitor | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
Culicide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Cyclooxygenase-Activator | 1 | 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. |
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Cytochrome-P450-Inducer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
Cytoprotective | 1 | Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp. |
Cytotoxic | 8 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
Cytotoxic (Breast) | 1 | Saqib, Q. N., Hui, Y. H., Anderson, J. E. and McLaughlin, J. L. 1990. Bioactive Furanocoumarins from the Berries of Zanthoxylum americanum. Phytotherapy Research 4(6): 216-219. |
Cytotoxic (Colon) | 1 | Saqib, Q. N., Hui, Y. H., Anderson, J. E. and McLaughlin, J. L. 1990. Bioactive Furanocoumarins from the Berries of Zanthoxylum americanum. Phytotherapy Research 4(6): 216-219. |
Cytotoxic (Lung) | 1 | Saqib, Q. N., Hui, Y. H., Anderson, J. E. and McLaughlin, J. L. 1990. Bioactive Furanocoumarins from the Berries of Zanthoxylum americanum. Phytotherapy Research 4(6): 216-219. |