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Plant 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.
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
EICOSADIENOIC-ACID 0 Seed Oil not available 25000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Seed 4000.0 16000.0 -0.35 Duke, 1992 *
EO 0 Seed Oil not available 4500.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
FAT 0 Seed 354900.0 416000.0 0.79 Duke, 1992 *
FIBER 15 Seed not available 55000.0 -0.63 Duke, 1992 *
FIXED-OIL 0 Seed not available 380000.0 0.79 Duke, 1992 *
GLUCOSE 7 Seed not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Seed 28085.0 35900.0 -0.25 Duke, 1992 *
GLYCINE 12 Seed 8840.0 20700.0 1.41 Duke, 1992 *
GRAMISTEROL 0 Seed Oil not available not available not available Duke, 1992 *
HEDERAGENIN 9 Seed not available 10000.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
INDOLE-3-ACETIC-ACID 7 Tissue Culture not available 14.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
IRON 6 Seed not available 140.0 -0.05 Duke, 1992 *
ISOLEUCINE 3 Seed 8570.0 10960.0 0.06 Duke, 1992 *
KAEMPFEROL-3-O-BETA-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-(1,2)-O-BETA-GALACTOPYRANOSYL-(1,2)-BETA-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE 0 Seed not available 100.0 not available Duke, 1992 *
LEUCINE 2 Seed 23130.0 29595.0 1.20 Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed 128124.0 233459.0 1.08 Duke, 1992 *
LINOLEIC-ACID 27 Seed Oil 487600.0 576300.0 0.73 Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Seed 2484.0 2912.0 -0.53 Duke, 1992 *
LINOLENIC-ACID 0 Seed Oil 5700.0 7000.0 -0.97 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
Antimalarial 1 Khalid, S.A., Farouk, A., Geary**, T.G., and Jensen, J.B. 1985. Potential Antimalarial Candidates From African Plants: An In Vitro Approach Using Plasmodium falciparum*. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 15: 201-209, 1986.
Antimanic 1 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimeasles 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antimelanomic 3 Duke, 1992 *
Antimenopausal 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimenorrhagic 2 Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antimigraine 2 Martindale's 29th
Antimorphinic 1 Martindale's 28th
AntiMS 1 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antimutagenic 4 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 235.
Antinephritic 2 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuramidase 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antineuritic 1 Duke, 1992 *
Antinitrosic 1 Martindale's 28th
Antinociceptive 4 Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity 3 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antiophidic 3 Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antiorchitic 1 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Antiosteoarthritic 1 Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.