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
CIS-CARVEOL	0	Seed	21.0	42.0	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CIS-DIHYDROCARVONE	0	Seed	15.0	50.0	-0.70	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-LIMONENE-DIEPOXIDE	0	Seed	55.0	160.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-LIMONENE-EPOXIDE	0	Seed	300.0	900.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CIS-P-MENTH-8-EN-1-OL	0	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CITRONELLOL	15	Seed	not available	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
COBALT	2	Fruit	not available	1.0	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
COBALT	2	Seed	not available	1.0	-0.16	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Fruit	9.0	13.8	0.08	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Seed	9.0	18.0	0.29	Duke, 1992 *
CUMINALDEHYDE	10	Essential Oil	not available	370000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
CUMINALDEHYDE	10	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
CYSTINE	2	Seed	3290.0	3650.0	0.35	Revised USDA data received 1993.
D-DIHYDROPINOL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
D-PERILLALDEHYDE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
D-PERILLALDEHYDE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
DECAN-1-AL	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DECANAL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-3-CARENE	8	Fruit	90.0	180.0	-0.31	Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-3-CARENE	8	Plant	not available	100.0	-0.30	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.

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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 *