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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Seed Oil | 244600.0 | 262400.0 | -0.31 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Seed | 22464.0 | 50523.0 | 0.34 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Seed Oil | 120000.0 | 171200.0 | -0.07 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITOLEIC-ACID | 2 | Seed Oil | not available | 2000.0 | -0.74 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHENYLALANINE | 7 | Seed | 16850.0 | 21560.0 | 1.20 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYTOSTEROLS | 2 | Seed | not available | 5100.0 | 0.75 | Duke, 1992 * |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Seed | not available | 5820.0 | -0.59 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROLINE | 0 | Seed | 11350.0 | 14520.0 | 0.63 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Seed | 210000.0 | 271900.0 | 0.34 | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN-3'-GLUCOSIDE | 2 | Seed | not available | 440.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN-3-O-(6-FERULOYL-BETA-GLUCOPYRANOSYL)-(1,2)-BETA-GALACTOPYRANOSYL-(1,2)-BETA-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE | 0 | Seed | not available | 240.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN-3-O-BETA-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-(1,2)-O-BETA-GALACTOPYRANOSYL-(1,2)-BETA-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE | 0 | Seed | not available | 1380.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RESIN | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RUTIN | 87 | Seed | not available | 200.0 | -0.86 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SERINE | 1 | Seed | 4210.0 | 5385.0 | -0.99 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SODIUM | 1 | Seed | not available | 980.0 | 0.84 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Seed | 8722.0 | 10192.0 | -0.34 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Seed Oil | 18100.0 | 60400.0 | -0.45 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STIGMAST-7-EN-3-BETA-OL | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STIGMASTANOL | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | 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 * |