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Common Names
Cumin
How this plant is used
Food
| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAMPESTEROL | 2 | Seed | not available | 50.0 | -0.52 | Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.) |
| CAMPHENE | 9 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | 400.0 | -1.49 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CAR-3-ENE | 0 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | 200.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Fruit | 442000.0 | 570000.0 | -1.14 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARBOHYDRATES | 0 | Seed | 442000.0 | 570000.0 | 0.19 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARVEOL | 1 | Fruit | not available | 435.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARVEOL | 1 | Seed | not available | 435.0 | -1.00 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CARYOPHYLLENE | 31 | Fruit | 144.0 | 320.0 | -0.39 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARYOPHYLLENE | 31 | Seed | 144.0 | 320.0 | -1.00 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE | 8 | Fruit | not available | 435.0 | -0.50 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CARYOPHYLLENE-OXIDE | 8 | Seed | not available | 435.0 | 1.10 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CHOLINE | 20 | Seed | not available | 3003.0 | 1.25 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Fruit | not available | 8.4 | 0.67 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CHROMIUM | 24 | Seed | not available | 8.4 | 0.54 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-BETA-FARNESENE | 0 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | 4500.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-GAMMA-BISABOLENE | 0 | Fruit | not available | 30.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-GAMMA-BISABOLENE | 0 | Seed | not available | 30.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CIS-SABINENE-HYDRATE | 0 | Fruit | not available | 207.0 | 1.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| CIS-SABINENE-HYDRATE | 0 | Seed | not available | 207.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| CIS-SABINENE-HYDRATE | 0 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | 1500.0 | -1.00 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antialzheimeran? | 2 | Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8. |
| Antiamblyopic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antianaphylactic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiandrogenic | 2 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antianemic | 3 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antianginal | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiangiogenic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antianorectic | 1 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antianorexic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antianxiety | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiarabiflavinotic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiarachidonate | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarrhythmic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiarthritic | 7 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiasthmatic | 6 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiatherogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiatherosclerotic | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibacillary | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibackache | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antibacterial | 23 | Revista Itiliana Eppos, 12: 5, 1994. |