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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.
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
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
Tumor-Promoter 2 Duke, 1992 *
Tumorigenic 2 Jim Duke's personal files.
Tyrosinase-Inhibitor 5 Duke, 1992 *
Tyrosine-Kinase-Inhibitor 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Ubiquiot 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Uricosuric 2 Duke, 1992 *
Urine-Acidifier 1 Martindale's 28th
Urine-Deodorant 1 Martindale's 29th
Uterorelaxant 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Uterosedative 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.
Uterotonic 1 Tyler, V.E.. 1982. The Honest Herbal. George F. Stickley Co., Philadelphia PA. 263 pp.
Uterotrophic 1 Journal of Medicinal Food 2: 227.1999.
Vasodilator 9 Duke, 1992 *
VEGF-Inhibitor 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vermicide 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vermifuge 1 Duke, 1992 *
Vibriocide 1 Blaschek, W., Hansel, R., Keller, K., Reichling, J., Rimpler, H., and Schneider, G. eds. 1998. Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Auflage Band 2 (A-K), 909 pp., (L-Z), 858 pp. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Vulnerary 4 Duke, 1992 *
Xanthine-Oxidase-Inhibitor 5 Chem. & Pharm. Bull. 38: 1772.