An official website of the United States government.

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Plant Trachyspermum ammi (Apiaceae)

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

Select a Results View:

View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
ALPHA-PHELLANDRENE 11 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-PINENE 28 Fruit 99.0 720.0 -0.53 Duke, 1992 *
ASH 0 Fruit 79000.0 85313.0 0.74 Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PHELLANDRENE 3 Plant not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
BETA-PINENE 13 Fruit 372.0 1400.0 -0.25 Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM 28 Fruit 15250.0 16469.0 2.91 Duke, 1992 *
CAMPHENE 9 Fruit 150.0 252.0 -0.25 Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES 0 Fruit 246000.0 265658.0 -2.77 Duke, 1992 *
CAROTENE 0 Fruit 0.7 0.8 -0.59 Duke, 1992 *
CARVACROL 37 Fruit 1350.0 2720.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
CHROMIUM 24 Fruit 30.0 31.0 3.85 Duke, 1992 *
COBALT 2 Fruit not available 0.7 -0.45 Duke, 1992 *
COPPER 12 Fruit not available 9.1 -0.29 Duke, 1992 *
DELTA-3-CARENE 8 Fruit 126.0 320.0 -0.08 Duke, 1992 *
DIPENTENE 7 Fruit not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Fruit 20000.0 60000.0 0.35 Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Plant not available 15200.0 0.42 Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Fruit 218000.0 334773.0 1.92 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Fruit 212000.0 228942.0 0.82 Duke, 1992 *
GAMMA-TERPINENE 11 Fruit 5610.0 13960.0 1.92 Duke, 1992 *
View the list of ubiquitous chemicals
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
Acaricide 3 Duke, 1992 *
ACE-Inhibitor 3 Duke, 1992 *
AChE-Inhibitor 1 Grundy, D. L. and Still, C. C., Inhibition of acetylcholinesterases by pulegone-1,2-epoxide, Oest. Biochem. & Physiol., 23, 1985, 383-8.
Acnegenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor 2 Okamura, K., Iwakami, S., Matsunaga, T. 1992. Biological Activity of Monoterpenes from Trees. Toyama-Ken Yakuji Kenkyusho Nenpo, (20): 95-101.
Allelochemic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Allelopathic 1 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 Duke, 1992 *
Allergenic? 1 Duke, 1992 *
Amphiglycemic? 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Analgesic 5 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 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 Duke, 1992 *
Angiotensin-Receptor-Blocker 2 Duke, 1992 *
Ankylostomacide 1 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 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiacetylcholinesterase 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antiacne 4 Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Antiacrodermatitic 1 Martindale's 29th
Antiadenomic 1 Duke, 1992 *