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
1-P-MENTHENE-8,9-DIOL	0	Seed	40.0	125.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,4-HEXADIENAL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,8-P-MENTHADIENE-1-OL	0	Seed	120.0	365.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2,8-P-MENTHADIENE-6-OL	0	Seed	110.0	330.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
2-METHYL-BENZALDEHYDE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
4-METHYL-BENZALDEHYDE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5-METHOXY-PSORALEN	10	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Wealth of India.
5-METHOXY-PSORALEN	10	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
8-CIS-MENTHENE	0	Seed	not available	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
8-METHOXY-PSORALEN	21	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Wealth of India.
8-P-MENTHENE-1,2-DIOL	0	Seed	30.0	85.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
8-P-MENTHENE-1,2-DIOL-ISOMER	0	Seed	30.0	85.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
8-P-MENTHENE-7-AL	0	Seed	30.0	85.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ABSCISIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	0.1	-0.49	Duke, 1992 *
ACETALDEHYDE	6	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ACETALDEHYDE	6	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE	3	Seed	9140.0	10150.0	0.00	Revised USDA data received 1993.
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID	15	Fruit	1500.0	1664.0	-0.40	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID	15	Seed	1500.0	1664.0	-0.30	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE	11	Fruit	3.0	6.0	-0.57	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.