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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 * |