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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
1-P-MENTHENE-8,9-DIOL 0 Seed 40.0 125.0 *
2,4-HEXADIENAL 0 Seed *
2,8-P-MENTHADIENE-1-OL 0 Seed 120.0 365.0 *
2,8-P-MENTHADIENE-6-OL 0 Seed 110.0 330.0 *
2-METHYL-BENZALDEHYDE 0 Seed *
4-METHYL-BENZALDEHYDE 0 Seed *
5-METHOXY-PSORALEN 10 Plant Wealth of India.
5-METHOXY-PSORALEN 10 Seed *
8-CIS-MENTHENE 0 Seed 0.1 *
8-METHOXY-PSORALEN 21 Plant Wealth of India.
8-P-MENTHENE-1,2-DIOL 0 Seed 30.0 85.0 *
8-P-MENTHENE-1,2-DIOL-ISOMER 0 Seed 30.0 85.0 *
8-P-MENTHENE-7-AL 0 Seed 30.0 85.0 *
ABSCISIC-ACID 0 Seed 0.1 -0.49 *
ACETALDEHYDE 6 Fruit *
ACETALDEHYDE 6 Seed *
ALANINE 3 Seed 9140.0 10150.0 0.00 Revised USDA data received 1993.
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID 15 Fruit 1500.0 1664.0 -0.40 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID 15 Seed 1500.0 1664.0 -0.30 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Fruit 3.0 6.0 -0.57 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Insecticide-Synergist 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insectifuge 19 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insectiphile 3 Pakistan Encyclopedia Planta Medica. 1986.
Insulin-Sparing 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Insulinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Insulinogenic 4 *
Insulinotonic 1 J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.
Interferon-Synergist 1 *
Interleukin-6-Inhibitor 2 *
Iodothyronine-Deiodinase-Inhibitor 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Irritant 21 *
JNK-Inhibitor 1 *
Juvabional 1 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Larvicide 3 Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
Larvistat 1 Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Laxative 6 *
Leptingenic 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
Leukotriene-Inhibitor 1 *
Lipolytic 2 *
Lipotropic 1 Merck 11th Edition