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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N-NONANAL | 5 | Seed | 6.0 | 12.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| N-OCTANAL | 2 | Fruit | 24.0 | 48.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| N-OCTANAL | 2 | Seed | 24.0 | 48.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| NEODIHYDROCARVEOL | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEODIHYDROCARVEOL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| NEOISODIHYDROCARVEOL | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| NEOISODIHYDROCARVEOL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| NIACIN | 39 | Fruit | 21.0 | 56.0 | -0.06 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NIACIN | 39 | Seed | 21.0 | 56.0 | 0.39 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| NICKEL | 3 | Fruit | not available | 7.0 | 1.35 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NICKEL | 3 | Seed | 7.0 | 10.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Fruit | 54400.0 | 95648.0 | 0.26 | Duke, 1992 * |
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Seed | 29000.0 | 241000.0 | 1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-1(7),8-MENTHADIENE-6-OL | 0 | Seed | 10.0 | 25.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-COUMARIC-ACID | 25 | Seed | not available | 86.0 | -0.29 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-CYMENE | 16 | Seed | 0.1 | 1320.0 | -0.39 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P-MENTHA-2,8-DIEN-1-OL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Fruit | 2000.0 | 6658.0 | -0.26 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Seed | 2000.0 | 9000.0 | -0.51 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITOLEIC-ACID | 2 | Fruit | 900.0 | 999.0 | -0.16 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Mycobactericide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Myorelaxant | 5 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| NADH-Oxidase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Natriuretic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Neuroexcitant | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Neuroinhibitor | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Neuroprotective | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| 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 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NF-kB-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Genic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NO-Inhibitor | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |