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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Emollient | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Energizer | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Enterocontractant | 1 | J. Aromatherapy 4: 22. |
| Enterorelaxant | 1 | J. Aromatherapy 4: 22. |
| Epileptigenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ergogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Erythrocytogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Essential | 8 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Estrogenic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Expectorant | 8 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Febrifuge | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Ferulosys-genic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fibrinolytic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FLavor | 32 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Fungicide | 30 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Fungiphilic | 1 | J. Agric. Food Chem. 43: 2283. |
| Fungistat | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GABA-nergic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Gastroprotective | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |