Plant Cuminum cyminum (Apiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Cumin

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
COBALT	2	Fruit	not available	2.2	-0.27	Duke, 1992 *
COBALT	2	Seed	not available	2.2	-0.11	Duke, 1992 *
COPAENE	1	Fruit	not available	30.0	-0.71	Duke, 1992 *
COPAENE	1	Seed	not available	30.0	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
COPPER	12	Fruit	9.0	16.0	0.25	Duke, 1992 *
COPPER	12	Seed	9.0	16.0	0.11	Duke, 1992 *
COSMOSIIN	4	Seed	not available	1500.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CRYPTONE	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CRYPTONE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Leung, A.Y., Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients Used in Food, Drugs, and Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.
CUMENE	1	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CUMENE	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CUMIN-ALCOHOL	1	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	4200.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CUMINALDEHYDE	10	Essential Oil	not available	350000.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
CUMINALDEHYDE	10	Fruit	4000.0	16000.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
CUMINALDEHYDE	10	Seed	4000.0	16000.0	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CUMINALDEHYDE	10	Seed Essent. Oil	205100.0	480000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CUMINIC-ACID	0	Fruit	not available	1.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CUMINIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	1.0	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
CUMINIC-ALCOHOL	0	Fruit	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CUMINIC-ALCOHOL	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.

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List of plant activities.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
(-)-Chronotropic	2	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.
(-)-Inotropic	2	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.
5-Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient	1	Duke, 1992 *
Acaricide	8	Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor	5	Duke, 1992 *
AChE-Inhibitor	1	Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acidulant	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor	11	Duke, 1992 *
Allelochemic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic	17	Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic?	1	Duke, 1992 *
Alpha-Reductase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Amphiglycemic?	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic	10	Duke, 1992 *
Ancylostomicide	1	Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Androgenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Androgenic?	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Anemiagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *