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
STIGMASTEROL	12	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL	12	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TARAXEROL	2	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TELFAIRIC-ACID	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE	4	Seed	2615.0	3345.0	-1.07	Duke, 1992 *
THYMOHYDROQUINONE	8	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THYMOL	71	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THYMOQUINONE	16	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THYMOQUINONE	16	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THYMOQUINONE	16	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TIRUCALLOL	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRYPTOPHAN	29	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TYROSINE	8	Seed	12925.0	16530.0	2.04	Duke, 1992 *
VALINE	3	Seed	6500.0	8325.0	-0.45	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Seed	not available	55000.0	-0.66	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.