Plant Carum carvi (Apiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
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 *

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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
AntiEBV	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antieczemic	4	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiedemic	6	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antielastase	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiencephalitic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 199.
Antiencephalopathic	7	Martindale's 29th
Antiencephalopathic?	1	Martindale's 29th
Antiendometriotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antienterotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiepileptic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiescherichic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiesophagitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiestrogenic	2	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifatigue	6	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antifeedant	10	Duke, 1992 *
Antifertility	3	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Antifibrinolytic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 1: 53.
Antifibromyalgic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrosarcomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antifibrotic	1	Duke, 1992 *