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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
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Seed 900.0 999.0 -0.27 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
PERILLALDEHYDE 11 Seed 20.0 60.0 -0.50 *
PERILLYL-ALCOHOL 14 Essential Oil 800.0 *
PERILLYL-ALCOHOL 14 Plant 160.0 1310.0 -1.00 *
PETROSELINIC-ACID 0 Plant 33020.0 *
PETROSELINIC-ACID 0 Seed 40000.0 354000.0 -0.80 *
PETROSELINIC-ACID 0 Seed Oil *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Seed 8670.0 9625.0 -0.23 Revised USDA data received 1993.
PHOSPHORUS 4 Fruit 5680.0 6302.0 0.94 *
PHOSPHORUS 4 Seed 5650.0 6580.0 0.32 *
PHYTATE 0 Seed 10190.0 10900.0 -0.19 *
PHYTOFLUENE 0 Plant Wealth of India.
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Fruit 760.0 -0.24 *
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Seed 760.0 -0.44 USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae)
POLYACETYLENES 0 Root 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.
POLYSACCHARIDES 0 Seed 130000.0 -0.64 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.
POTASSIUM 14 Fruit 12902.0 15665.0 -0.20 *
POTASSIUM 14 Seed 10810.0 15670.0 0.27 *
PROLINE 0 Seed 9170.0 10180.0 -0.23 Revised USDA data received 1993.
PROTEIN 0 Fruit 190521.0 220000.0 1.48 *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Suppository 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Surfactant 1 *
Sweetener 1 Martindale's 28th
Tachycardic 1 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Teratologic 2 *
Termiticide 1 *
Termitifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Testosterone-Hydroxylase-Inducer 1 *
Testosteronigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Thymoprotective 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Tissue-Thromboplastin-Inhibitor 1 *
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor 3 *
Topoisomerase-I-Inhibitor 2 Santti, R., Makela, S., Strauss, L., Korman, J., Kostian, M. L. 1998. Phytoestrogens: Potential Endocrine Disruptors in Males. Toxicol Ind Health, 14: 223-237.
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 3 Constantinou, A., Mehta, R., Runyan, C., Rao, K., Vaughan, A., Moon, R. 1995. Flavonoids as DNA Topoisomerase Antagonists and Poisons: Structure-Activity Relationships. J Natural Products, 58: 217-225.
Toxic 1 Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Tracheorelaxant 1 *
Tranquilizer 3 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90.
Transdermal 5 *
Tremorigenic 1 Martindale's 28th
Trichomonicide 7 Martindale's 29th