Plant Trachyspermum ammi (Apiaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

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
IODINE	12	Fruit	not available	0.5	-0.29	Duke, 1992 *
IRON	6	Fruit	178.0	299.0	0.66	Duke, 1992 *
LIMONENE	60	Fruit	75.0	2040.0	-0.46	Duke, 1992 *
MANGANESE	14	Fruit	not available	33.1	-0.19	Duke, 1992 *
MYRCENE	22	Fruit	90.0	120.0	-0.37	Duke, 1992 *
NICKEL	3	Fruit	not available	1.2	-0.41	Duke, 1992 *
NICOTINIC-ACID	11	Fruit	21.0	23.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
P-CYMENE	16	Fruit	6240.0	9512.0	0.68	Duke, 1992 *
PHENOLS	0	Plant	not available	3800.0	-0.79	Duke, 1992 *
PHOSPHORUS	4	Fruit	4430.0	4784.0	0.48	Duke, 1992 *
PHYTIN-PHOSPHORUS	0	Fruit	2960.0	3197.0	1.83	Duke, 1992 *
POTASSIUM	14	Fruit	13900.0	15011.0	-0.26	Duke, 1992 *
PROTEIN	0	Fruit	150000.0	184665.0	1.01	Duke, 1992 *
RIBOFLAVIN	15	Fruit	2.8	3.0	-0.43	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Fruit	560.0	605.0	-0.13	Duke, 1992 *
THIAMIN	31	Fruit	2.1	2.3	-0.39	Duke, 1992 *
THYMOL	71	Fruit	13560.0	19400.0	1.41	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Fruit	not available	74000.0	-3.03	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Fruit	not available	43.0	0.38	Duke, 1992 *

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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
Gastroirritant	1	Martindale's 29th
Goitrogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Gram(+)icide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Gram(-)icide	1	Duke, 1992 *
GST-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Herbicide	4	Keeler, R.F. and Tu, A.T. eds. 1991. Toxicology of Plant and Fungal Compounds. (Handbook of Natural Toxins Vol. 6) Marcel Dekker, Inc. NY. 665 pp.
Histaminic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypertensive	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hyperthyroid	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypocholesterolemic	5	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Hypocholesterolemic?	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoglycemic	3	Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive	5	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Hypothermic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypouricemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator	4	Duke, 1992 *
Immunostimulant	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Immunosuppressant	1	Martindale's 29th
Insecticide	3	Duke, 1992 *
Insectifuge	11	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.