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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 |
|---|---|---|
| Antiberiberi | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiBPH | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antibradykinic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 366. |
| Antibronchitic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer | 4 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Breast) | 1 | Madhavi, D. L., Bomser, J., Smith, M., Singletary, K. 1998. Isolation of Bioactive Constituents from Vaccinium myrtillus (Bilberry) Fruits and Cell Cultures. Plant Sci., 131(1): 95-103. |
| Anticancer (Cervix) | 2 | Medicinal and Poisonous Plants of the Tropics. Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., ed. Pudoc, Wageningen. 1987. |
| Anticancer (Lung) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticancer (Pancreas) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticanker | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Anticarcinogenic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticarcinomic | 2 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Anticarcinomic (Colon) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticarcinomic (Lung) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticardiospasmic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Anticariogenic | 6 | Muroi, H. and Kubo, I. 1993. Combination Effects of Antibacterial Compounds in Green Tea Flavor against Streptococcus mutans. J. Agric. Food Chem. 41: 1102-1105. |
| Anticarpal-Tunnel | 1 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Anticataract | 6 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Anticatarrh | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Anticephalagic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |