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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Nigella sativa (Ranunculaceae)

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.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
OLEIC-ACID 18 Seed Oil 244600.0 262400.0 -0.31 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed 22464.0 50523.0 0.34 *
PALMITIC-ACID 13 Seed Oil 120000.0 171200.0 -0.07 *
PALMITOLEIC-ACID 2 Seed Oil 2000.0 -0.74 *
PHENYLALANINE 7 Seed 16850.0 21560.0 1.20 *
PHYTOSTEROLS 2 Seed 5100.0 0.75 *
POTASSIUM 14 Seed 5820.0 -0.59 *
PROLINE 0 Seed 11350.0 14520.0 0.63 *
PROTEIN 0 Seed 210000.0 271900.0 0.34 *
QUERCETIN-3'-GLUCOSIDE 2 Seed 440.0 *
QUERCETIN-3-O-(6-FERULOYL-BETA-GLUCOPYRANOSYL)-(1,2)-BETA-GALACTOPYRANOSYL-(1,2)-BETA-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Seed 240.0 *
QUERCETIN-3-O-BETA-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-(1,2)-O-BETA-GALACTOPYRANOSYL-(1,2)-BETA-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Seed 1380.0 *
RESIN 0 Seed *
RUTIN 87 Seed 200.0 -0.86 *
SERINE 1 Seed 4210.0 5385.0 -0.99 *
SODIUM 1 Seed 980.0 0.84 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed 8722.0 10192.0 -0.34 *
STEARIC-ACID 8 Seed Oil 18100.0 60400.0 -0.45 *
STIGMAST-7-EN-3-BETA-OL 0 Seed Oil *
STIGMASTANOL 0 Seed Oil *
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List of plant activities.
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Serotoninergic 1 Martindale's 28th
Soap 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Spermicide 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Spermigenic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Sprout-Inhibitor 1 Duke, J.A.. Personal Communication.
Sunscreen 1 *
Suppository 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Topoisomerase-II-Inhibitor 1 Bernard, F. X., Sable, S., Cameron, B., Provost, J., Desnottes, J. F., Crouzet, J., Blanche, F. 1997. Glycosylated Flavones as Selective Inhibitors of Topoisomerase IV. Antimicrobial Agents & Chemotherapy, 41: 992-998.
Toxic 1 List, P.H. and Horhammer, L., Hager's Handbuch der Pharmazeutischen Praxis, Vols. 2-6, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1969-1979.
Tracheorelaxant 1 *
Tranquilizer 1 *
Tremorigenic 1 Martindale's 28th
Trichomonicide 2 *
Tumor-Promoter 1 J. Agri. & Food Chemistry, 36: 1079.
Ubiquiot 2 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Ulcerogenic 1 *
Uricosuric 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Urinary-Acidulant 1 Martindale's 29th
Urinary-Antiseptic 1 Williamson, E. M. and Evans, F. J., Potter's New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations, Revised Ed., Saffron Walden, the C. W. Daniel Co., Ltd., Essex UK, 362 pp, 1988, reprint 1989.
Urine-Acidifier 1 Martindale's 28th