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

Food

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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
SERINE	1	Seed	9460.0	10500.0	-0.01	Revised USDA data received 1993.
SFA	0	Seed	6200.0	6880.0	-0.51	Revised USDA data received 1993.
SODIUM	1	Fruit	149.0	212.0	-0.16	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Seed	149.0	340.0	-0.18	Duke, 1992 *
STARCH	5	Fruit	not available	45000.0	-0.39	Duke, 1992 *
STARCH	5	Seed	not available	45000.0	-1.07	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
STEARIC-ACID	8	Plant	1100.0	1221.0	-0.32	Duke, 1992 *
STEARIC-ACID	8	Seed	1000.0	1800.0	-0.53	Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL	12	Seed	not available	310.0	-0.14	Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
SUGARS	0	Fruit	not available	30000.0	-0.76	Duke, 1992 *
SUGARS	0	Seed	not available	30000.0	-0.67	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
TANNIN	35	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINEN-4-OL	23	Plant	120.0	985.0	0.15	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINOLENE	9	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TERPINOLENE	9	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
THIAMIN	31	Fruit	3.0	4.0	-0.17	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Seed	3.0	4.0	-0.62	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
THREONINE	4	Seed	7560.0	8390.0	0.06	Revised USDA data received 1993.
THUJONE	17	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THUJONE	17	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.

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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
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 *