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
24-ETHYL-LOPHENOL	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
24-METHYL-LOPHENOL	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTANOL	5	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5-DEHYDRO-AVENASTEROL	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
7-DEHYDRO-AVENASTEROL	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE	3	Seed	8000.0	10255.0	0.02	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SPINASTEROL	2	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SPINASTEROL	2	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARABIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARACHIDIC-ACID	0	Seed Oil	not available	1900.0	-1.28	Duke, 1992 *
ARACHIDONIC-ACID	12	Seed Oil	not available	24900.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Seed	41500.0	53050.0	1.20	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Leaf	not available	2577.0	-0.20	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Seed	38000.0	53000.0	0.15	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARAGINE	2	Seed	not available	0.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Seed	10670.0	13650.0	-0.79	Duke, 1992 *
ASTRAGALIN	7	Seed	not available	200.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN	9	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Seed	not available	3218.0	0.60	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	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
Candidicide	2	Recently became Internat. J. Crude Drug Res. 28(1,2,3,4):1990, page 155.
Candidistat	1	Duke, 1992 *
Capillariprotective	1	Merck 11th Edition
Carcinogenic	4	Science News, 146: 421.
Cardioprotective	3	Duke, 1992 *
Cardiotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Carminative	2	Yamamoto, A., Umemori, S., and Muranishi, S. 1993. Absorption Enhancement of Intrapulmonary Administered Insulin by Various Absorption Enhancers and Protease Inhibitors in Rats. J. Pharm. Pharmacol. 46: 14-18, 1994.
Caspase-8-Inducer	1	Duke, 1992 *
Catabolic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chelator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Chemopreventive	2	Duke, 1992 *
Choleretic	2	Duke, 1992 *
CNS-Stimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Coagulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cold-preventive	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Collagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Comedolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Cosmetic	2	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Counterirritant	1	Nigg, H.N. and Seigler, D.S., eds. 1992. Phytochemical Resources for Medicine and Agriculture. Plenum Press, New York. 445 pp.
Culicide	1	Duke, 1992 *