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
AntiHIV	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antihomocystinuric	1	Martindale's 29th
Antihyperammonemic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antihyperkinetic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antihyperlipoproteinaemic	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antihypertensive	8	Duke, 1992 *
Antiimpotence	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiinfertility	2	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiinflammatory	12	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiinsomniac	2	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiketotic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antilepric	2	Martindale's 28th
Antileukemic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene-B4	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antileukotriene-D4	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antilipolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiLyme	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphomic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimaculitic	1	Duke, 1992 *