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
Hypolipidemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Hypotensive	7	Duke, 1992 *
Hypouricemic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Immunomodulator	3	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Immunostimulant	3	Duke, 1992 *
Immunosuppressant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide	4	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insectifuge	5	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Insectiphile	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Insulinase-Inhibitor	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Insulinogenic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 170.
Insulinotonic	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 157.
Interferonogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Irritant	2	Merck 11th Edition
Juvabional	1	Jacobson, M., Glossary of Plant-Derived Insect Deterrents, CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL, 213 p, 1990.
Larvicide	2	Berenbaum, M. R., The natives knew, Chemtech, (May), 1990, 275-279.
Larvistat	1	Lydon, J. & Duke, S., The potential of pesticides from plants, pp. 1-41 in Craker, L. & Simon, J., eds, Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants: Recent Advances in Botany, Horticulture, & Pharmacology, v. 4, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1989, 267pp.
Laxative	2	Duke, 1992 *
Lipotropic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Lipoxygenase-Inhibitor	3	Oszmianski, J. and Lee, C.Y. 1990. Inhibitory Effect of Phenolics on Carotene Bleaching in Vegetables. J. Agric. Food Chem. 38: 688-690.