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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KAEMPFEROL | 75 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KAEMPFEROL | 75 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KAEMPFEROL-3-0-GALACTOSIDE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| KAEMPFEROL-3-0-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Fruit | 7860.0 | 30180.0 | 3.58 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Plant | not available | 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | 381600.0 | 0.72 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE-4-OL | 0 | Seed | 20.0 | 55.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOL | 0 | Fruit | 48.0 | 96.0 | -0.62 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Seed | 5.0 | 96.0 | -0.46 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Fruit | 20300.0 | 46714.0 | 0.30 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Seed | 19600.0 | 46714.0 | -0.52 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Hypertensive | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Hypertrichotic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Hypnotic | 3 | Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp. |
| Hypoammonemic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Hypoarginanemic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Hypocholesterolemic | 14 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Hypocholesterolemic? | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Hypoglycemic | 8 | Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989. |
| Hypolipidemic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypotensive | 15 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypothermic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Hypouricemic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ICAM-1-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Immunomodulator | 6 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Immunostimulant | 6 | Cunane, S. and Thompson, L. U., eds. 1995. Flaxseed in Human Nutrition. AOCS Press, Champaign IL. 384 pp. |
| Immunosuppressant | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Inflammatory | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| iNOS-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Inotropic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Insecticide | 9 | Duke, 1992 * |