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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Plant Trachyspermum ammi (Apiaceae)

Common Names
Ajwan
How this plant is used
Generally Recognized as Safe

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Plant *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Fruit 99.0 720.0 -0.53 *
ASH 0 Fruit 79000.0 85313.0 0.74 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Plant *
BETA-PINENE 13 Fruit 372.0 1400.0 -0.25 *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 15250.0 16469.0 2.91 *
CAMPHENE 9 Fruit 150.0 252.0 -0.25 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 246000.0 265658.0 -2.77 *
CAROTENE 0 Fruit 0.7 0.8 -0.59 *
CARVACROL 37 Fruit 1350.0 2720.0 *
CHROMIUM 24 Fruit 30.0 31.0 3.85 *
COBALT 2 Fruit 0.7 -0.45 *
COPPER 12 Fruit 9.1 -0.29 *
DELTA-3-CARENE 8 Fruit 126.0 320.0 -0.08 *
DIPENTENE 7 Fruit *
EO 0 Fruit 20000.0 60000.0 0.35 *
EO 0 Plant 15200.0 0.42 *
FAT 0 Fruit 218000.0 334773.0 1.92 *
FIBER 15 Fruit 212000.0 228942.0 0.82 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Fruit 5610.0 13960.0 1.92 *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Acaricide 3 (View) *
ACE-Inhibitor 3 (View) *
AChE-Inhibitor 1 (View) Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acnegenic 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 (View) Okamura, K., Iwakami, S., Matsunaga, T. 1992. Biological Activity of Monoterpenes from Trees. Toyama-Ken Yakuji Kenkyusho Nenpo, (20): 95-101.
Allelochemic 2 (View) *
Allelopathic 1 (View) Wright,C.W.(Ed)2002.Medicinal&Aromatic Plants-Industrial Profiles.Artemisia.344pp.Maffei,M.(Ed)2002.Vetiveria.The Genus Vetiveria.Taylor&Francis.NY,NY.191pp.Southwell,I.,Lowe,R.(Eds)1999.Tea Tree.The Genus Melaleuca.Harwood Acad.Pub.Amsterdam,Netherlands.
Allergenic 7 (View) *
Allergenic? 1 (View) *
Amphiglycemic? 1 (View) Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic 5 (View) Kauderer, B., Zamith, H., Paumgartten, F.J.R., and Speit, G. Evaluation of the Mutagenicity of B-Myrcene in Mammalian Cells In Vitro. Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis 18: 28-34, 1991.
Ancylostomicide 1 (View) Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Anesthetic 2 (View) *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 2 (View) *
Ankylostomacide 1 (View) Madaus, G. 1976. Lehrbuch der Biologischen Hilfmittel. Vol,. 1-3. 2862 pp. (+ 144 p. index). Georg Olms Verlag, Hildescheim. Reprint of 1938 Madaus.
Anthelmintic 2 (View) Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiacetylcholinesterase 3 (View) *
Antiacne 4 (View) Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Antiacrodermatitic 1 (View) Martindale's 29th
Antiadenomic 1 (View) *