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
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 *