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

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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
(+)-CARVONE	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-CARVONE	2	Seed	9000.0	55760.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-CARVONE	2	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-CIS-CARVEOL	0	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-DIHYDROCARVEOL	0	Essential Oil	not available	600.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-LIMONENE	0	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(+)-TRANS-CARVEOL	0	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-CARVONE	0	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-CIS-CARVEOL	0	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-DIHYDROCARVONE	0	Essential Oil	not available	10.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-LIMONENE	0	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(-)-TRANS-CARVEOL	0	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(E)-BETA-OCIMENE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(E)-DIHYDROCARVONE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(E)-P-MENTHA-2,8-DIEN-1-OL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(Z)-BETA-OCIMENE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(Z)-DIHYDROCARVONE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
(Z)-P-MENTHA-2,8-DIEN-1-OL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
1,8-CINEOLE	67	Seed	not available	0.1	-0.71	Duke, 1992 *
1-P-MENTHENE-6-AN-OL	0	Seed	50.0	155.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *

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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
Antiangiogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antianorectic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antianorexic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antianxiety	3	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiarabiflavinotic	1	Martindale's 28th
Antiarrhythmic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarteriosclerotic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiarthritic	8	Duke, 1992 *
Antiasthmatic	7	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiatherogenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiatherosclerotic	5	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacillary	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibackache	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antibacterial	34	Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994.
Antiberiberi	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiBPH	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibronchitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antibronchoconstrictor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer	8	Duke, 1992 *
Anticancer (Breast)	1	Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103.