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
PROTEIN	0	Seed	190521.0	400000.0	1.48	Duke, 1992 *
PUFA	4	Seed	32720.0	36320.0	-0.53	Revised USDA data received 1993.
QUERCETIN	176	Flower	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Leaf	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN	176	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3'-GLUCOSIDE	2	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Wealth of India.
QUERCETIN-3-0-GALACTOSIDE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Wealth of India.
QUERCETIN-3-GLUCURONIDE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
QUERCETIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE	2	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCURONIDE	2	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
QUERCETIN-3-O-CAFFEYL-GLUCOSIDE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
RHAMNOSE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	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.
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Fruit	3.0	4.0	-0.22	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Seed	3.0	4.0	0.18	USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
SABINENE	5	Fruit	30.0	60.0	-0.52	Duke, 1992 *
SABINENE	5	Seed	4.0	60.0	-0.44	Duke, 1992 *
SALICYLATES	7	Seed	28.0	30.0	-0.18	Duke, 1992 *
SCOPOLETIN	44	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Wealth of India.
SCOPOLETIN	44	Root	not available	not available	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
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.