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
BUTYROSPERMOL	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CALCIUM	28	Seed	not available	10600.0	1.19	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTANOL	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL	2	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CAMPESTEROL	2	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CARBOHYDRATES	0	Seed	not available	339600.0	-0.73	Duke, 1992 *
CARVONE	19	Seed	2250.0	9600.0	-0.69	Duke, 1992 *
CARVONE	19	Seed Essent. Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLESTEROL	1	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CHOLESTEROL	1	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CITROSTADIENOL	1	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYCLOARTENOL	7	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYCLOEUCALENOL	3	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYMENE	0	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
CYSTINE	2	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
D-LIMONENE	19	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DAMASCENINE	2	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DEHYDROASCORBIC-ACID	0	Leaf	not available	295.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
DITHYMOQUINONE	0	Seed Oil	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
EICOSADIENOIC-ACID	0	Seed	8979.0	10525.0	1.00	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
Antiprostaglandin	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatadenomic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antiprostatitic	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprostatotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiprotozoal	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipruritic	1	Merck 11th Edition
Antipsoriatic	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antipsychotic	1	Martindale's 29th
Antipurpuric	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antipyretic	4	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 6: 189.
Antiradicular	4	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.
AntiRaynaud's	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antirenitic	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.
Antiretardation	1	Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Antiretinotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antirheumatic	8	Duke, 1992 *
Antirhinitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antisalmonella	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiscoliotic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiscorbutic	1	Martindale's 28th