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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PALMITOLEIC-ACID | 2 | Seed | 900.0 | 999.0 | -0.27 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| PERILLALDEHYDE | 11 | Seed | 20.0 | 60.0 | -0.50 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PERILLYL-ALCOHOL | 14 | Essential Oil | not available | 800.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PERILLYL-ALCOHOL | 14 | Plant | 160.0 | 1310.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PETROSELINIC-ACID | 0 | Plant | not available | 33020.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PETROSELINIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | 40000.0 | 354000.0 | -0.80 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PETROSELINIC-ACID | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHENYLALANINE | 7 | Seed | 8670.0 | 9625.0 | -0.23 | Revised USDA data received 1993. |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Fruit | 5680.0 | 6302.0 | 0.94 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHOSPHORUS | 4 | Seed | 5650.0 | 6580.0 | 0.32 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYTATE | 0 | Seed | 10190.0 | 10900.0 | -0.19 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYTOFLUENE | 0 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| PHYTOSTEROLS | 2 | Fruit | not available | 760.0 | -0.24 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYTOSTEROLS | 2 | Seed | not available | 760.0 | -0.44 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| POLYACETYLENES | 0 | Root | 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. |
| POLYSACCHARIDES | 0 | Seed | not available | 130000.0 | -0.64 | 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. |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Fruit | 12902.0 | 15665.0 | -0.20 | Duke, 1992 * |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Seed | 10810.0 | 15670.0 | 0.27 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROLINE | 0 | Seed | 9170.0 | 10180.0 | -0.23 | Revised USDA data received 1993. |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Fruit | 190521.0 | 220000.0 | 1.48 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Insulinotonic | 1 | J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079. |
| Interferon-Synergist | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Interleukin-6-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| JNK-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Lipolytic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Lipotropic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |