Plant Nigella sativa (Ranunculaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Black Cumin; Roman Coriander; Fennel-Flower; Nutmeg-Flower; Black Caraway

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
BUTYROSPERMOL	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Seed	not available	10600.0	1.19	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTANOL	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL	2	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL	2	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Seed	not available	339600.0	-0.73	Duke, 1992 *
CARVONE	19	Seed	2250.0	9600.0	-0.69	Duke, 1992 *
CARVONE	19	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLESTEROL	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLESTEROL	1	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CITROSTADIENOL	1	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYCLOARTENOL	7	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYCLOEUCALENOL	3	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYMENE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE	2	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
D-LIMONENE	19	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DAMASCENINE	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DEHYDROASCORBIC-ACID	0	Leaf	not available	295.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DITHYMOQUINONE	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EICOSADIENOIC-ACID	0	Seed	8979.0	10525.0	1.00	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
Antitumor (Lung)	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antitumor-Promoter	3	Duke, 1992 *
Antitussive	1	Iwu, M.M. 1993. Handbook of African Medicinal Plants. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 435 pp.
Antiulcer	9	Duke, 1992 *
Antivaricose	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiviral	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antivitiligic	1	Martindale's 29th
Anxiolytic	3	Merck 11th Edition
Aphrodisiac	1	Duke, 1992 *
Apoptotic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Artemicide	2	Jung, J.H., Pummangura, S., Chaichantipyuth, c., Patarapanich, C., and McLaughlin, J.L. 1989. Bioactive Constituents of Melodorum fruticosum. Phytochemistry. 29(5): 1667-1670. 1990.
Asthma-preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Ataxigenic	1	Zebovitz, T. C. Ed. 1989. Part VII. Flavor and Fragrance Substances, in Keith L. H. and Walters, D.B., eds. Compendium of Safety Data Sheets for Research and Industrial Chemicals. VCH Publishers, New York. 3560-4253.
Beta-Adrenergic Receptor Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Blocker	2	Duke, 1992 *
Beta-Glucuronidase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Antagonist	1	Duke, 1992 *
Calcium-Channel-Blocker	1	Duke, 1992 *
cAMP-Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Cancer-Preventive	19	Stitt, P. A. Why George Should Eat Broccoli. Dougherty Co, Milwaukee, WI, 1990, 399 pp.