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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KAEMPFEROL | 75 | Leaf | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KAEMPFEROL | 75 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| KAEMPFEROL-3-0-GALACTOSIDE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| KAEMPFEROL-3-0-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| KILOCALORIES | 0 | Seed | 3330.0 | 3700.0 | -0.91 | Revised USDA data received 1993. |
| LAURIC-ACID | 7 | Fruit | 100.0 | 110.0 | -0.44 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LAURIC-ACID | 7 | Seed | 100.0 | 110.0 | -0.51 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| LEUCINE | 2 | Seed | 12180.0 | 13520.0 | -0.34 | Revised USDA data received 1993. |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Essential Oil | 250000.0 | 500000.0 | 2.14 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Fruit | 7860.0 | 30180.0 | 3.58 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Plant | not available | 420.0 | -0.23 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Seed | 3000.0 | 42000.0 | 2.25 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE | 60 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | 381600.0 | 0.72 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LIMONENE-4-OL | 0 | Seed | 20.0 | 55.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOL | 0 | Fruit | 48.0 | 96.0 | -0.62 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINALOOL | 53 | Seed | 5.0 | 96.0 | -0.46 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Fruit | 20300.0 | 46714.0 | 0.30 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Seed | 19600.0 | 46714.0 | -0.52 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLENIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | 600.0 | 4140.0 | -0.51 | 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. |
| LYSINE | 4 | Seed | 10310.0 | 11445.0 | -0.09 | Revised USDA data received 1993. |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| NO-Synthase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor | 4 | Hagerman, A.E. Tannin-Protein Interactions. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.19. |
| Osteogenic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Ovulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Oxidant | 2 | Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978. |
| Oxytocic | 1 | Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp. |
| Ozone-Scavenger | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P450-2B1-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P450-Inducer | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| P450-Inhibitor | 1 | Father Nature's Farmacy: The aggregate of all these three-letter citations. |
| PAF-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Paralytic | 1 | Oriental Materia Medica (three volumes by Dr. Hsu and collaborators) |
| Pediculicide | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Percutaneostimulant | 2 | Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990. |
| Perfume | 1 | Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry |
| Perfumery | 24 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Peristaltic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Pesticide | 48 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PGE2-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Phagocytotic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |