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 |
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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 * |
Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
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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. |