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

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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
DELTA-3-CARENE	8	Seed	90.0	180.0	-0.16	Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-3-CARENE-EPOXIDE	0	Seed	5.0	20.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIACETYL	2	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIACETYL	2	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROCARVEOL	2	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROCARVEOL	2	Fruit	360.0	720.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROCARVEOL	2	Plant	not available	950.0	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
DIHYDROCARVEOL	2	Seed	200.0	780.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROCARVONE	0	Essential Oil	not available	5000.0	-0.51	Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROCARVONE	0	Fruit	240.0	1500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROCARVONE	0	Plant	not available	230.0	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
DIHYDROCARVONE	0	Seed	240.0	1890.0	1.22	Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROCARVYL-ACETATE	1	Fruit	45.0	90.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROCARVYL-ACETATE	1	Plant	not available	55.0	-0.62	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
DIHYDROCARVYL-ACETATE	1	Seed	45.0	455.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DIHYDROPINOL	0	Essential Oil	not available	2800.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EICOSENOIC-ACID	0	Seed	1000.0	1800.0	-1.31	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Fruit	30000.0	70000.0	0.54	Duke, 1992 *
EO	0	Plant	not available	10000.0	0.02	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
EO	0	Seed	20000.0	82000.0	0.49	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 *