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.
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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
Antihepatitic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antihepatoadenomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihepatotic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihepatotoxic	8	Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiherpetic?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihistaminic	8	Duke, 1992 *
AntiHIV	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antihomocystinuric	1	Martindale's 29th
Antihydrophobic	1	Vlietinck, A.J. and Dommisse, R.A. eds. 1985. Advances in Medicinal Plant Research. Wiss. Verlag. Stuttgart.
Antihyperactivity	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antihyperammonemic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antihypercholesterolemic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antihyperkeratotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperkinetic	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihypertensive	9	Duke, 1992 *
Antihyperthyroid	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihypoglycemic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiichythyotic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).