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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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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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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Antiphotophobic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiplaque 3 Osawa, K., Matsumoto, T., Maruyama, T., Takiguchi, T., Okuda, K., and Takazoe, I., Studies of the antibacterial activity of plant extracts and their constituents against periodontopathic bacteria, Bull Tokyo Dent. Coll., 31 (1), 1990, 17-21
AntiPMS 2 *
Antipneumonic 1 *
Antipoliomyelitic 1 *
Antiprolactin 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiprostaglandin 1 *
Antiprostatitic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiradicular 2 Jimenez, J., Navarro, M.C., Montilla, M.P., Martin, A. and Martinez, A. 1993. Thymus zygis Oil: Its Effects on CCl4-Induced Hepatotoxicity and Free Radical Scavenger Activity. JEO5: 153-8.
Antirheumatalgic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antirheumatic 3 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Antisalmonella 1 *
Antischizophrenic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiseptic 7 *
Antispare-Tire 1 Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000.
Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
Antispasmodic 7 Fitoterapia No.59-1984.
Antistaphylococcic 4 *
Antistomatitic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antistreptococcic 2 *
Antistress 1 *