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
NICKEL	3	Seed	not available	3.6	-0.22	Duke, 1992 *
OCTADECA-5,6-DIENOIC-ACID	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed	not available	154000.0	0.29	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE	16	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE	16	Fruit	810.0	12639.0	1.09	Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE	16	Seed	810.0	12639.0	2.57	Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE	16	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	57400.0	1.17	Duke, 1992 *
P-ISOPROPYLPHENOL	0	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	800.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-MENTH-3-EN-7-AL	0	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	4400.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-MENTHA-1,3-DIEN-7-AL	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-MENTHA-1,3-DIEN-7-AL	0	Fruit	3330.0	4560.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-MENTHA-1,3-DIEN-7-AL	0	Seed	3330.0	4560.0	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
P-MENTHA-1,3-DIEN-7-AL	0	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	60100.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-MENTHA-1,4-DIEN-7-AL	0	Essential Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-MENTHA-1,4-DIEN-7-AL	0	Fruit	7080.0	7290.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-MENTHA-1,4-DIEN-7-AL	0	Seed	7080.0	7290.0	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.
P-MENTHA-1,4-DIEN-7-AL	0	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	319800.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-MENTHA-3-EN-7-OL	0	Fruit	140.0	280.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
P-MENTHA-3-EN-7-OL	0	Seed	140.0	280.0	not available	Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980.

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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
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.