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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
(+)-CARVONE 2 Plant *
(+)-CARVONE 2 Seed 9000.0 55760.0 *
(+)-CARVONE 2 Seed Essent. Oil *
(+)-CIS-CARVEOL 0 Seed Essent. Oil *
(+)-DIHYDROCARVEOL 0 Essential Oil 600.0 *
(+)-LIMONENE 0 Seed Essent. Oil *
(+)-TRANS-CARVEOL 0 Seed Essent. Oil *
(-)-CARVONE 0 Seed Essent. Oil *
(-)-CIS-CARVEOL 0 Seed Essent. Oil *
(-)-DIHYDROCARVONE 0 Essential Oil 10.0 *
(-)-LIMONENE 0 Seed Essent. Oil *
(-)-TRANS-CARVEOL 0 Seed Essent. Oil *
(E)-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Seed *
(E)-DIHYDROCARVONE 0 Seed *
(E)-P-MENTHA-2,8-DIEN-1-OL 0 Seed *
(Z)-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Seed *
(Z)-DIHYDROCARVONE 0 Seed *
(Z)-P-MENTHA-2,8-DIEN-1-OL 0 Seed *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Seed 0.1 -0.71 *
1-P-MENTHENE-6-AN-OL 0 Seed 50.0 155.0 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Glutathionigenic 2 Martindale's 29th
Gonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Gram(+)icide 1 *
Gram(-)icide 1 *
GST-Inducer 1 *
Hallucinogenic 2 Cooper-Driver, G. A., Chemical substances in plants toxic to animals, pp. 213-47 in Rechcigl, M., Jr., ed. CRC Handbook of Naturally Occurring Food Toxicants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 1983, 339 pp.
Hemolytic 1 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hemostat 1 Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Hepatocarcinogenic 1 *
Hepatomagenic 1 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Hepatoprotective 14 *
Hepatotonic 1 *
Hepatotoxic 2 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Hepatotropic 1 *
Herbicide 10 Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Histamine-Inhibitor 1 *
Histaminic 1 *
HIV-RT-Inhibitor 2 Garcia, J., Morin,* C., Nyasse, B., Sondengam, B-L., Tchouankeu, J-C., and Tsamo, E. Complete Structural Assignments Of An Ergosterol Derivative From Entandrophragma utile. Journal of Natural Products, 54(1): 136-142, 1991.
Hypercholesterolemic 3 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Hyperglycemic 2 Merck 11th Edition