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
24-ETHYL-LOPHENOL	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
24-METHYL-LOPHENOL	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTANOL	5	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
5-DEHYDRO-AVENASTEROL	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
7-DEHYDRO-AVENASTEROL	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALANINE	3	Seed	8000.0	10255.0	0.02	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SPINASTEROL	2	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ALPHA-SPINASTEROL	2	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARABIC-ACID	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ARACHIDIC-ACID	0	Seed Oil	not available	1900.0	-1.28	Duke, 1992 *
ARACHIDONIC-ACID	12	Seed Oil	not available	24900.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ARGININE	14	Seed	41500.0	53050.0	1.20	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	112	Leaf	not available	2577.0	-0.20	Duke, 1992 *
ASH	0	Seed	38000.0	53000.0	0.15	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARAGINE	2	Seed	not available	0.0	-1.00	Duke, 1992 *
ASPARTIC-ACID	3	Seed	10670.0	13650.0	-0.79	Duke, 1992 *
ASTRAGALIN	7	Seed	not available	200.0	1.00	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-AMYRIN	9	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Seed	not available	3218.0	0.60	Duke, 1992 *
BETA-SITOSTEROL	47	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	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
Lithogenic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Litholytic	1	Martindale's 28th
Lubricant	3	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
MAO-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Memory-Enhancer	1	Science News, 138: 189, 1990.
Metastatic	1	Science News, 146: 421.
Molluscicide	2	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.
Monoamine-Precursor	3	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Mosquitocide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Motor-Depressant	1	Buchbauer et al, e.g.Buchbauer et al,1993.Therapeutic properties of essential oils and fragrances. Chap.12 in Teranishi,R, Buttery,R.G and Sugisawa,H. Eds. Bioactive Volatile Compounds from Plants. ACS Symposium Series 525. Amer. Chem. Soc., Washington DC
Mucolytic	1	Martindale's 28th
Mutagenic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Myocontractant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Myoprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Myorelaxant	2	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Nematicide	5	Shoyakugaku Zasshi, 44: 183.
Nephrotoxic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Neuroexcitant	1	Martindale's 28th
Neuroinhibitor	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Neurotoxic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.