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
LIPASE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LOPHENOL	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
LYSINE	4	Seed	16200.0	20700.0	1.17	Duke, 1992 *
MELANTHIGENIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MELANTHIN	0	Plant	not available	15000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
MELANTHIN	0	Seed	not available	15000.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
METHIONINE	15	Seed	13100.0	16750.0	3.21	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Seed	567.0	1082.0	-0.28	Duke, 1992 *
MYRISTIC-ACID	6	Seed Oil	1900.0	18000.0	1.40	Duke, 1992 *
NIGELLICINE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIGELLIDINE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIGELLIMINE	0	Seed	not available	0.1	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIGELLIMINE-N-OXIDE	0	Seed	not available	0.2	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIGELLIN	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIGELLINE	0	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIGELLONE	4	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIGELLONE	4	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
NIGELLONE	4	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OBTUSIFOLIOL	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
OLEIC-ACID	18	Seed	89911.0	184912.0	0.54	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 *