Plant Carum carvi (Apiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Caraway; Carum; Kummel (Ger.); Comino (Sp.); Comino de prado (Sp.)

How this plant is used

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
DELTA-3-CARENE	8	Seed	90.0	180.0	-0.16	Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-3-CARENE-EPOXIDE	0	Seed	5.0	20.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIACETYL	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIACETYL	2	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROCARVEOL	2	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROCARVEOL	2	Fruit	360.0	720.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROCARVEOL	2	Plant	not available	950.0	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
DIHYDROCARVEOL	2	Seed	200.0	780.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROCARVONE	0	Essential Oil	not available	5000.0	-0.51	Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROCARVONE	0	Fruit	240.0	1500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROCARVONE	0	Plant	not available	230.0	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
DIHYDROCARVONE	0	Seed	240.0	1890.0	1.22	Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROCARVYL-ACETATE	1	Fruit	45.0	90.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROCARVYL-ACETATE	1	Plant	not available	55.0	-0.62	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
DIHYDROCARVYL-ACETATE	1	Seed	45.0	455.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROPINOL	0	Essential Oil	not available	2800.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EICOSENOIC-ACID	0	Seed	1000.0	1800.0	-1.31	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Fruit	30000.0	70000.0	0.54	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Plant	not available	10000.0	0.02	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
EO	0	Seed	20000.0	82000.0	0.49	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	6	Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.
Lithogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Litholytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Lubricant	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Lyase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Lymphocytogenic	2	Gawron, A., Gorski, G., Glowniak*, K. 1989. Increased proliferation of phytohaemagglutinin (PHA)-stimulated human leucocytes after 8-methoxypsoralen treatment. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 194-195, 1990.
MAO-A-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
MAO-Inhibitor	4	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Mast-Cell-Stabilizer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Melaninogenic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Melatoninogenic	1	Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer)
Memorigenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Memory-Enhancer	1	Science News, 138: 189, 1990.
Metal-Chelator	1	McEvily, A.J., Iyengar, R., and Gross, A.T. Inhibition of Polyphenol Oxidase by Phenolic Compounds. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.25.
Metal-Chelator (Copper)	1	Seidel, V., Verholle, M., Malard, Y., Tillequin, F., Fruchart, J-C., Duriez, P., Bailleul, F., Teissier, E. 2000. Phenylpropanoids from Ballota nigra L. Inhibit in vitro LDL Peroxidation. Phytotherapy Research, 14(2): 93-98.
Metalloproteinase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Metastatic	1	Science News, 146: 421.
Mitogenic	1	Gawron, A., Gorski, G., Glowniak*, K. 1989. Increased proliferation of phytohaemagglutinin (PHA)-stimulated human leucocytes after 8-methoxypsoralen treatment. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 42: 194-195, 1990.
MMP-9-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Molluscicide	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.