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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Carum carvi (Apiaceae)

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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Seed 31690.0 35175.0 -0.28 Revised USDA data received 1993.
GLYCINE 12 Seed 13220.0 14675.0 0.54 Revised USDA data received 1993.
HERNIARIN 12 Plant Wealth of India.
HEXA-2,4-DIEN-1-AL 0 Seed *
HEXADECENIC-ACID 0 Seed 1000.0 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.
HISTIDINE 7 Seed 5500.0 6105.0 -0.01 Revised USDA data received 1993.
HYDROXYCOUMARINS 0 Seed 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.
HYPEROSIDE 30 Seed *
IRON 6 Fruit 123.0 286.0 0.61 *
IRON 6 Seed 123.0 1200.0 4.87 *
ISO-DIHYDROCARVEOL 0 Fruit *
ISO-DIHYDROCARVEOL 0 Seed Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ISODIHYDROCARVONE 0 Fruit *
ISODIHYDROCARVONE 0 Seed Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
ISOLEUCINE 3 Seed 8260.0 9170.0 -0.17 Revised USDA data received 1993.
ISOQUERCITRIN 22 Seed *
ISOQUERCITRIN 22 Shoot *
ISORHAMNETIN-3-GALACTOSIDE 1 Seed Wealth of India.
ISORHAMNETIN-3-GLUCOSIDE 1 Seed Wealth of India.
KAEMPFEROL 75 Flower *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Pheromone 1 *
Phospholipase-Inhibitor 1 *
Photoactive 2 *
Photodermatitigenic 2 *
Photosensitizer 1 Rinzler, C. A. 1990. The Complete Book of Herbs, Spices and Condiments. Facts on File, New York. 199 pp.
Phototoxic 1 *
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 *
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 *
Prooxidant 4 *
Propecic 5 *
Prostaglandigenic 2 *
Prostaglandin-Inhibitor 1 *
Prostaglandin-Synthesis-Inhibitor 3 *
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.