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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Pheromone | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Phospholipase-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Photoactive | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Photodermatitigenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Photosensitizer | 1 | Rinzler, C. A. 1990. The Complete Book of Herbs, Spices and Condiments. Facts on File, New York. 199 pp. |
| Phototoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Phytoalexin | 4 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| Phytohormonal | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Piscicide | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Pituitary-Stimulant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Plasmodicide | 1 | Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp. |
| Poultice | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Prolactinogenic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Proliferant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prooxidant | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Propecic | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prostaglandigenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prostaglandin-Inhibitor | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Protein-Kinase-C-Inhibitor | 1 | Naim, M., Zehavi, U., Nagy, S., and Rouseff, R.L. Hydroxycinnamic Acids as Off-Flavor Precursors in Citrus Fruits and Their Products. Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health, Ch.14. |