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Plant 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
TRANS-1-CARVEOL 0 Seed 230.0 690.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-BETA-OCIMENE 0 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-CARVEOL 1 Flower Essent. Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-CARVEOL 1 Seed 105.0 210.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE 0 Seed 5.0 20.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-DIHYDROCARVONE 0 Fruit 177.0 354.0 1.00 Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-DIHYDROCARVONE 0 Seed 15.0 354.0 -1.00 Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-LIMONENE-DIEPOXIDE 0 Seed 45.0 140.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TRANS-LIMONENE-EPOXIDE 0 Seed 200.0 600.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
TRICYCLENE 0 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRICYCLENE 0 Seed not available not available not available Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
TRIFOLIN 2 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
TRYPTOPHAN 29 Seed 2440.0 2710.0 -0.21 Revised USDA data received 1993.
TYROSINE 8 Seed 6420.0 7125.0 -0.14 Revised USDA data received 1993.
UMBELLIFERONE 22 Plant not available not available not available Wealth of India.
UMBELLIFERONE 22 Root not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
VALINE 3 Seed 10370.0 11510.0 -0.06 Revised USDA data received 1993.
WATER 0 Seed 91880.0 155000.0 -0.28 Duke, 1992 *
XANTHOTOXIN 43 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
XYLOSE 3 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.
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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
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 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Termiticide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Termitifuge 1 Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Testosterone-Hydroxylase-Inducer 1 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
TNF-alpha-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Tranquilizer 3 Lawrence Review of Natural Products, Jun-90.
Transdermal 5 Duke, 1992 *
Tremorigenic 1 Martindale's 28th
Trichomonicide 7 Martindale's 29th