CARUM CAPTICUM ORIGINATED IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND EGYPT, AND THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT, BUT ALSO IN IRAN AND AFGHANISTAN. THE ESSENTIAL OIL OF C. CAPTICUMIS MAINLY THYMOL, WITH P-CYMENE, DIPENTENE, ALPHA AND BETA PINENE, T-TERPINENE, CAMPHENE, MYRCENE, BETA-3-CARNEEN, LIMONENE, CARVACROL.