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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |