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Common Names
Caraway; Carum; Kummel (Ger.); Comino (Sp.); Comino de prado (Sp.)
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-P-MENTHENE-8,9-DIOL | 0 | Seed | 40.0 | 125.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 2,4-HEXADIENAL | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 2,8-P-MENTHADIENE-1-OL | 0 | Seed | 120.0 | 365.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 2,8-P-MENTHADIENE-6-OL | 0 | Seed | 110.0 | 330.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 2-METHYL-BENZALDEHYDE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 4-METHYL-BENZALDEHYDE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 5-METHOXY-PSORALEN | 10 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| 5-METHOXY-PSORALEN | 10 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 8-CIS-MENTHENE | 0 | Seed | not available | 0.1 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 8-METHOXY-PSORALEN | 21 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Wealth of India. |
| 8-P-MENTHENE-1,2-DIOL | 0 | Seed | 30.0 | 85.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 8-P-MENTHENE-1,2-DIOL-ISOMER | 0 | Seed | 30.0 | 85.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| 8-P-MENTHENE-7-AL | 0 | Seed | 30.0 | 85.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ABSCISIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | not available | 0.1 | -0.49 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACETALDEHYDE | 6 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ACETALDEHYDE | 6 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALANINE | 3 | Seed | 9140.0 | 10150.0 | 0.00 | Revised USDA data received 1993. |
| ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID | 15 | Fruit | 1500.0 | 1664.0 | -0.40 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID | 15 | Seed | 1500.0 | 1664.0 | -0.30 | USDA's Ag Handbook 8 and sequelae) |
| ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE | 11 | Fruit | 3.0 | 6.0 | -0.57 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Anticancer (Cervix) | 2 | Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987. |
| Anticancer (Lung) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Pancreas) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticanker | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Anticapillary-Fragility | 1 | Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp. |
| Anticarcinogenic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Anticarcinomic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Anticarcinomic (Breast) | 1 | Medline (post 1990 searches filed in my computer) |
| Anticardiospasmic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticariogenic | 5 | Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105. |
| Anticarpal-Tunnel | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Anticataract | 6 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Anticatarrh | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Anticephalagic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticervicaldysplasic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiCFS | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticheilitic | 2 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antichilblain | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Anticholinergic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticholinesterase | 2 | L. Gracza (1985) as cited by Buchbauer re antiacetylcholinesterase. |