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
Gastroirritant	1	Martindale's 29th
Gastroprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Glucosyl-Transferase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Glutathionigenic	1	Martindale's 29th
Gonadotrophic	1	Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Gram(+)icide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Gram(-)icide	2	Duke, 1992 *
Hemolytic	1	Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hemostat	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hepatomagenic	1	Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Hepatoprotective	7	Duke, 1992 *
Herbicide	1	Korhammer, S.A. and Haslinger, E. 1994. Isolation of a Biologically Active Substance from Rhizomes of Quackgrass [Elymus repens (L.) Gould]. J. Agric. Food Chem. 42: 2048-2050.
Hypercholesterolemic	2	Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Hyperglycemic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Hypertensive	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypnotic	1	Martindale's 29th
Hypoammonemic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoarginanemic	1	Martindale's 29th
Hypocholesterolemic	14	Duke, 1992 *
Hypoglycemic	4	Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.