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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FALCARINDIOL | 13 | Root | not available | 290.0 | 1.35 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FALCARINDION | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FALCARINOL-ONE | 0 | Root | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FALCARINONE | 3 | Plant | not available | not available | not available | Duke, J. A. Writeups or information summaries on approximately 2,000 economic plants, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, MD 20705. |
| FAT | 0 | Fruit | 127000.0 | 176826.0 | 0.71 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Seed | 100000.0 | 180000.0 | -0.45 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Fruit | 112730.0 | 155640.0 | 0.13 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Seed | 112730.0 | 223000.0 | 0.70 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FUCOSE | 0 | 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. |
| FURFURAL | 6 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FURFURAL | 6 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GALACTOSE | 1 | 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. |
| GAMMA-ELEMENE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GAMMA-TERPINENE | 11 | Fruit | 12.0 | 14160.0 | 1.95 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GAMMA-TERPINENE | 11 | Plant | 270.0 | 2215.0 | 0.37 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GAMMA-TERPINENE | 11 | Seed | 12.0 | 14160.0 | 1.73 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| GERANIAL | 13 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GERMACRENE-D | 2 | Essential Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GERMACRENE-D | 2 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUCOSE | 7 | 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. |
| 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. |