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
STIGMASTEROL	12	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
STIGMASTEROL	12	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TANNIN	35	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TARAXEROL	2	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TELFAIRIC-ACID	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THREONINE	4	Seed	2615.0	3345.0	-1.07	Duke, 1992 *
THYMOHYDROQUINONE	8	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THYMOL	71	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THYMOQUINONE	16	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THYMOQUINONE	16	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
THYMOQUINONE	16	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TIRUCALLOL	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRYPTOPHAN	29	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TYROSINE	8	Seed	12925.0	16530.0	2.04	Duke, 1992 *
VALINE	3	Seed	6500.0	8325.0	-0.45	Duke, 1992 *
WATER	0	Seed	not available	55000.0	-0.66	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
Cyclooxygenase-Inhibitor	3	Houghton, P.J., Zarka, R., Heras, B., and Hoult, J.R.S. 1994. Fixed Oil of Nigella sativa and Derived Thymoquinone Inhibit Eicosanoid Generation in Leukocytes and Membrane Lipid Peroxidation. Planta Medica, 61: 33.
Cytoprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Dentifrice	1	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Deodorant	1	Martindale's 28th
Dermatitigenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Detoxicant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Differentiator	1	Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic	6	Duke, 1992 *
Emetic	1	Martindale's 29th
Enterorelaxant	1	J. Aromatherapy 4: 22.
Enterotoxic	1	Wichtl, M. 1984. Teedrogen. Ein Handbuch fur Apotheker und Arzte. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellscharft. mbH Stuttgart. 393 pp.
Essential	7	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Estrogenic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Estrogenic?	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Expectorant	2	Duke, 1992 *
Febrifuge	1	Neuwinger, H. D. 1996. African Ethnobotany - Poisons and Drugs. Chapman & Hall, New York. 941 pp.
Fistula-Preventive	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
FLavor	8	Aloe Research Council - Duke writeup of non-peer reviewd book by Coats and draft by Henry
Fungicide	2	Merck 11th Edition
Fungistat	1	Duke, 1992 *