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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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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
MAGNESIUM 65 Fruit 2580.0 2863.0 0.34 *
MAGNESIUM 65 Seed 2070.0 2950.0 0.00 *
MANGANESE 14 Fruit 13.0 34.0 -0.18 *
MANGANESE 14 Seed 13.0 34.0 -0.24 *
MANNANS 0 Seed 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.
MANNOSE 3 Seed 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.
METHANOL 2 Fruit *
METHANOL 2 Seed *
METHIONINE 15 Seed 3610.0 4005.0 -0.08 Revised USDA data received 1993.
METHYL-3,7-DIMETHYL-2,6-OCTADIENOATE 0 Seed *
MUFA 13 Seed 71250.0 79085.0 -0.22 Revised USDA data received 1993.
MYRCENE 22 Fruit 180.0 1560.0 -0.14 *
MYRCENE 22 Plant 150.0 -0.31 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
MYRCENE 22 Seed 12.0 1560.0 -0.18 *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Fruit 400.0 444.0 -0.25 *
MYRISTIC-ACID 6 Seed 400.0 444.0 -0.29 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
MYRISTICIN 31 Fruit 60.0 420.0 *
MYRISTICIN 31 Plant 120.0 -1.00 Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
MYRISTICIN 31 Seed 60.0 985.0 -0.91 *
N-NONANAL 5 Fruit 6.0 12.0 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Monoamine-Precursor 3 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mosquitofuge 2 *
Motor-Depressant 3 Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Mucogenic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Musculotropic 1 Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Mutagenic 4 *
Mycobactericide 1 *
Myorelaxant 5 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor 1 *
Natriuretic 1 *
Nematicide 14 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
NEP-Inhibitor 1 *
Neuroexcitant 1 Martindale's 28th
Neuroinhibitor 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Neuroprotective 3 *
Neurotoxic 4 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Neurotransmitter 1 *
NF-kB-Inhibitor 2 *
NO-Genic 2 *
NO-Inhibitor 2 *