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Common Names
Black Cumin; Roman Coriander; Fennel-Flower; Nutmeg-Flower; Black Caraway
How this plant is used
Medicinal
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| Chemical Name | Activity Count | Plant Part | Low Parts Per Million | High Parts Per Million | Standard Deviation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EICOSADIENOIC-ACID | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | 25000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Seed | 4000.0 | 16000.0 | -0.35 | Duke, 1992 * |
| EO | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | 4500.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| FAT | 0 | Seed | 354900.0 | 416000.0 | 0.79 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIBER | 15 | Seed | not available | 55000.0 | -0.63 | Duke, 1992 * |
| FIXED-OIL | 0 | Seed | not available | 380000.0 | 0.79 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUCOSE | 7 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLUTAMIC-ACID | 8 | Seed | 28085.0 | 35900.0 | -0.25 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GLYCINE | 12 | Seed | 8840.0 | 20700.0 | 1.41 | Duke, 1992 * |
| GRAMISTEROL | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| HEDERAGENIN | 9 | Seed | not available | 10000.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| INDOLE-3-ACETIC-ACID | 7 | Tissue Culture | not available | 14.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| IRON | 6 | Seed | not available | 140.0 | -0.05 | Duke, 1992 * |
| ISOLEUCINE | 3 | Seed | 8570.0 | 10960.0 | 0.06 | Duke, 1992 * |
| KAEMPFEROL-3-O-BETA-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-(1,2)-O-BETA-GALACTOPYRANOSYL-(1,2)-BETA-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE | 0 | Seed | not available | 100.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| LEUCINE | 2 | Seed | 23130.0 | 29595.0 | 1.20 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Seed | 128124.0 | 233459.0 | 1.08 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLEIC-ACID | 27 | Seed Oil | 487600.0 | 576300.0 | 0.73 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLENIC-ACID | 0 | Seed | 2484.0 | 2912.0 | -0.53 | Duke, 1992 * |
| LINOLENIC-ACID | 0 | Seed Oil | 5700.0 | 7000.0 | -0.97 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Anorexic | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Anthelmintic | 2 | 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. |
| Antiacetylcholinesterase | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiacid | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiacne | 2 | Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp. |
| AntiADD | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiadenomic | 1 | Merck 11th Edition |
| AntiAGE | 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 |
| Antiaggregant | 3 | Tramil, 42: 511. |
| Antiaging | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiakathisic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antialdosteronic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antialkali? | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antialkalotic | 1 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiallergic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antialopecic | 3 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antialzheimeran | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antialzheimeran? | 1 | L. Gracza (1985) as cited by Buchbauer re antiacetylcholinesterase. |
| Antianaphylactic | 1 | Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189. |
| Antiandrogenic | 4 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |