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.
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Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
NO-Genic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Ornithine-Decarboxylase-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Oviposition-Stimulant	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ovulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Oxidant	1	Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978.
P450-2B1-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
PAF-Inhibitor	1	Duke, 1992 *
Percutaneostimulant	1	Seki, T., Toeda, C., Kawaguchi, T., Juni, K., Sugibayashi, K., and Morimoto, Y. 1990. Enhanced Transdermal Delivery of Zidovudine in Rats and Human Skin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(11): 3086-3089, 1990.
Perfumery	5	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Pesticide	15	Duke, 1992 *
Pituitary-Stimulant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Prolactinogenic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Prooxidant	1	Duke, 1992 *
Propecic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Protisticide	1	Duke, 1992 *
Psychotropic	1	Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.
Pyrogenic	1	Kandasamy, S. B. 1977. Central Effect of 5,8,11,14-eicosatetraenoic Acid (Arachidonic Acid) on the Temperature in the Conscious Rabbit. Experientia, 33: 1626.
Radioprotective	1	Duke, 1992 *
Roborant	1	Merck 11th Edition
Sedative	4	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