ABSTRACT

Caraway, the seventh volume in the series Medicinal and Aromatic Plants - Industrial Profiles, collects together all of the existing information in connection with the biology, chemistry, agrotechnology and utilization of the plant genus Carum. After an overview on all Carum species, it deals mainly with th most important species Carum carvi L. The

chapter 1|9 pages

INTRODUCTION

ByÉva Németh

chapter 2|28 pages

TAXONOMY AND BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE GENUS CARUM

ByErzsébet Mihalik

chapter 3|23 pages

MAIN CHEMICAL CONSTITUENTS OF CARUM

chapter 5|15 pages

QUESTIONS OF THE GENERATIVE DEVELOPMENT IN CARAWAY

ByÉva Németh

chapter 6|25 pages

REGULATION OF ESSENTIAL OIL FORMATION IN CARAWAY

ByHarro J. Bouwmeester

chapter 7|27 pages

A CENTURY OF BREEDING CARAWAY IN THE NETHERLANDS

ByHille Toxopeus, J. Henk Lubberts

chapter 8|14 pages

PRODUCTION OF BIENNIAL CARAWAY FOR SEED AND ESSENTIAL OIL

ByZenon Wêglarz

chapter 9|16 pages

AGROTECHNOLOGY OF ANNUAL CARAWAY PRODUCTION

ByEli Putievsky

chapter 10|12 pages

Alimentary, Culinary and Industrial Uses of Caraway

ByMichael Dachler

chapter 11|11 pages

PHARMACOLOGICAL USES AND TOXICOLOGY OF CARAWAY

ByAla Sadowska, Grazyna Obidoska