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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LUTEOLIN | 78 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LUTEOLIN-7-GLUCOSIDE | 7 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LUTEOLIN-7-GLUCOSIDE | 7 | 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. |
| LUTEOLIN-7-GLUCURONOSYL-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LUTEOLIN-7-GLUCURONOSYL-GLUCOSIDE | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Fruit | 24.0 | 33.0 | -0.19 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANGANESE | 14 | Seed | 24.0 | 33.0 | -0.26 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MANNITOL | 18 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-CHAVICOL | 6 | Fruit | not available | 30.0 | -0.91 | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-CHAVICOL | 6 | Seed | not available | 30.0 | -1.03 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| METHYL-CINNAMATE | 5 | Fruit | not available | 138.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| METHYL-CINNAMATE | 5 | Seed | not available | 138.0 | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| MYRCENE | 22 | Fruit | 36.0 | 120.0 | -0.37 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRCENE | 22 | Seed | 36.0 | 120.0 | -1.02 | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| MYRCENE | 22 | Seed Essent. Oil | not available | 5000.0 | -0.67 | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRTENOL | 2 | Fruit | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| MYRTENOL | 2 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Lawrence, B.M., Essential Oils 1976-1977, Essential Oils 1978, Essential Oils 1979-1980. |
| NIACIN | 39 | Fruit | 46.0 | 49.0 | -0.16 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NIACIN | 39 | Seed | 46.0 | 49.0 | 0.18 | Duke, 1992 * |
| NICKEL | 3 | Fruit | not available | 3.6 | 0.32 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antieczemic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiedemic | 6 | Shimizu,*M., et al. 1990. Anti-inflammatory Constituents of Topically Applied Crude Drugs. IV.1) Constituents and Anti-inflammatory Effect of Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Alhucema' (Lavandula latifolia Vill.)2). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(8): 2283-2284, 1990. |
| Antiencephalitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiencephalopathic | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiendometriotic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiepileptic | 3 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiesophagitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiestrogenic | 3 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antifatigue | 6 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antifeedant | 10 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antifertility | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antifibrotic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiflu | 3 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 195. |
| Antifuruncular | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antigallstone | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigastritic | 2 | Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp. |
| Antigenotoxic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antigingivitic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiglaucomic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antigliomic | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |