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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OLEIC-ACID | 18 | Seed Oil | 244600.0 | 262400.0 | -0.31 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Seed | 22464.0 | 50523.0 | 0.34 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITIC-ACID | 13 | Seed Oil | 120000.0 | 171200.0 | -0.07 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PALMITOLEIC-ACID | 2 | Seed Oil | not available | 2000.0 | -0.74 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHENYLALANINE | 7 | Seed | 16850.0 | 21560.0 | 1.20 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PHYTOSTEROLS | 2 | Seed | not available | 5100.0 | 0.75 | Duke, 1992 * |
| POTASSIUM | 14 | Seed | not available | 5820.0 | -0.59 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROLINE | 0 | Seed | 11350.0 | 14520.0 | 0.63 | Duke, 1992 * |
| PROTEIN | 0 | Seed | 210000.0 | 271900.0 | 0.34 | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN-3'-GLUCOSIDE | 2 | Seed | not available | 440.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN-3-O-(6-FERULOYL-BETA-GLUCOPYRANOSYL)-(1,2)-BETA-GALACTOPYRANOSYL-(1,2)-BETA-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE | 0 | Seed | not available | 240.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| QUERCETIN-3-O-BETA-GLUCOPYRANOSYL-(1,2)-O-BETA-GALACTOPYRANOSYL-(1,2)-BETA-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE | 0 | Seed | not available | 1380.0 | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RESIN | 0 | Seed | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| RUTIN | 87 | Seed | not available | 200.0 | -0.86 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SERINE | 1 | Seed | 4210.0 | 5385.0 | -0.99 | Duke, 1992 * |
| SODIUM | 1 | Seed | not available | 980.0 | 0.84 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Seed | 8722.0 | 10192.0 | -0.34 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STEARIC-ACID | 8 | Seed Oil | 18100.0 | 60400.0 | -0.45 | Duke, 1992 * |
| STIGMAST-7-EN-3-BETA-OL | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| STIGMASTANOL | 0 | Seed Oil | not available | not available | not available | Duke, 1992 * |
| Activity | Chemical Count | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Antiosteoporotic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antioxidant | 14 | Larson, R.A. 1987. Review Article Number 30. The Antioxidants of Higher Plants. Phytochemistry. 27: 969-978. |
| Antioxidant (LDL) | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antioxidant? | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiparkinsonian | 5 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiparotitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antipellagric | 1 | Martindale's 28th |
| Antiperiodontic | 2 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiperiodontitic | 2 | Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp. |
| Antiperoxidant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiphenylketonuric | 2 | Martindale's 29th |
| Antiplaque | 1 | Osawa, K., Matsumoto, T., Maruyama, T., Takiguchi, T., Okuda, K., and Takazoe, I., Studies of the antibacterial activity of plant extracts and their constituents against periodontopathic bacteria, Bull Tokyo Dent. Coll., 31 (1), 1990, 17-21 |
| Antiplatelet | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| AntiPMS | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antipneumonic | 1 | Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf). |
| Antipodriac | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antipoliomyelitic | 1 | Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp. |
| Antiprogestational | 1 | Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990. |
| Antiproliferant | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |
| Antiproliferative | 1 | Duke, 1992 * |