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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
KAEMPFEROL 75 Leaf *
KAEMPFEROL 75 Seed *
KAEMPFEROL-3-0-GALACTOSIDE 0 Seed Wealth of India.
KAEMPFEROL-3-0-GLUCOSIDE 0 Seed 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 *
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 *
LIMONENE 60 Fruit 7860.0 30180.0 3.58 *
LIMONENE 60 Plant 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 *
LIMONENE 60 Seed Essent. Oil 381600.0 0.72 *
LIMONENE-4-OL 0 Seed 20.0 55.0 *
LINALOL 0 Fruit 48.0 96.0 -0.62 *
LINALOOL 53 Seed 5.0 96.0 -0.46 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Fruit 20300.0 46714.0 0.30 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 19600.0 46714.0 -0.52 *
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.
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Comedolytic 1 *
COMT-Inhibitor 1 *
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 *
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 *
COX-2-Inhibitor 5 *
Culicide 1 *
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 *
Cytochrome-P450-1A2-Inhibitor 1 *
Cytochrome-P450-Inducer 1 *
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.