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
CIS-CARVEOL	0	Seed	21.0	42.0	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CIS-DIHYDROCARVONE	0	Seed	15.0	50.0	-0.70	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-LIMONENE-DIEPOXIDE	0	Seed	55.0	160.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-LIMONENE-EPOXIDE	0	Seed	300.0	900.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-P-MENTH-8-EN-1-OL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CITRONELLOL	15	Seed	not available	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COBALT	2	Fruit	not available	1.0	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
COBALT	2	Seed	not available	1.0	-0.16	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Fruit	9.0	13.8	0.08	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Seed	9.0	18.0	0.29	Duke, 1992 *
CUMINALDEHYDE	10	Essential Oil	not available	370000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
CUMINALDEHYDE	10	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CYSTINE	2	Seed	3290.0	3650.0	0.35	Revised USDA data received 1993.
D-DIHYDROPINOL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
D-PERILLALDEHYDE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
D-PERILLALDEHYDE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
DECAN-1-AL	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DECANAL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-3-CARENE	8	Fruit	90.0	180.0	-0.31	Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-3-CARENE	8	Plant	not available	100.0	-0.30	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.

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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
Decongestant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Degranulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Deiodinase-Inhibitor	1	Jim Duke's personal files.
Dentifrice	1	Martindale's 29th
Deodorant	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Dermal	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Dermatitigenic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant (Alcohol)	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diagnostic	1	Martindale's 28th
Diaphoretic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diaphoretic?	3	Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Dec-90.
Differentiator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic	11	Duke, 1992 *
DNA-Active	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
DNA-Protective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Dye	1	Merck 11th Edition
Edemagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Emetic	4	Martindale's 29th
Emmenagogue	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.