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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
(+)-CARVONE 2 Plant *
(+)-CARVONE 2 Seed 9000.0 55760.0 *
(+)-CARVONE 2 Seed Essent. Oil *
(+)-CIS-CARVEOL 0 Seed Essent. Oil *
(+)-DIHYDROCARVEOL 0 Essential Oil 600.0 *
(+)-LIMONENE 0 Seed Essent. Oil *
(+)-TRANS-CARVEOL 0 Seed Essent. Oil *
(-)-CARVONE 0 Seed Essent. Oil *
(-)-CIS-CARVEOL 0 Seed Essent. Oil *
(-)-DIHYDROCARVONE 0 Essential Oil 10.0 *
(-)-LIMONENE 0 Seed Essent. Oil *
(-)-TRANS-CARVEOL 0 Seed Essent. Oil *
(E)-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Seed *
(E)-DIHYDROCARVONE 0 Seed *
(E)-P-MENTHA-2,8-DIEN-1-OL 0 Seed *
(Z)-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Seed *
(Z)-DIHYDROCARVONE 0 Seed *
(Z)-P-MENTHA-2,8-DIEN-1-OL 0 Seed *
1,8-CINEOLE 67 Seed 0.1 -0.71 *
1-P-MENTHENE-6-AN-OL 0 Seed 50.0 155.0 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Protisticide 1 Meckes, M., Calzada, F., Tapia-Contreras, A., Cedillo-Rivera, R. 1999. Antiprotozoal Properties of Helianthemum glomeratum. Phytotherapy Research, 13(2): 102-105.
Psychoactive 1 R.J. Hixtable (Huxtable, R.J. (as T. Max). 1992. This and That:The Essential Pharmacology of Herbs and Spices. Tips 13:15-20 Huxtable, R.J. 1992b. The Myth of Benficent Nature. The Risk of Herbal Preparations. Anns. Intern. Med. 117(2):165-6; Huxtable, R.
Psychotropic 1 Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
PTK-Inhibitor 1 *
Quinone-Reductase-Inducer 2 *
Renoirritant 1 Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Respirainhibitor 1 *
Respiraparalytic 1 *
Roborant 1 Merck 11th Edition
Rubefacient 1 Martindale's 29th
Schizophrenigenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Secretogogue 1 *
Sedative 15 Wagner & Wolff, eds. 1977. New Natural Products (RS164. I56. 176)
Serotoninergic 3 Jim Duke's personal files.
Soap 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Spasmogenic 5 Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Spasmolytic 1 *
Spermicide 2 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Spermigenic 2 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Sunscreen 2 Lazarova*, G., Kostova, I., Neychev, H. 1992. Photodynamic damage prevention by some hydroxycoumarins. Fitoterapia 64(2): 134-136, 1993.