Steinmetz:Nigella
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Latest revision as of 21:00, 8 June 2009
[edit] Nigella damascena
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- English Names
- Natural Habitat
- Mediterranean countries
- Southern Europe
- Asia Minor
- Syria
- Part(s) Used
- Semen Nigellae damascenae
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- Constituent(s)
- damascenin (alkaloid)
- melantin (saponin-glycoside)
- essential oil
- fatty oil
- nigellin
- albumen
- mucilage
- acids
- Action
- diuretic
- emmenagogue
- digestive
- aromatic
- carminative
- anthelmintic
- sudorific
- stimulant
- tonic
- emollient
- narcotic
- sternutatory
- toxic. The essential oil
- which has the smell and the taste of strawberries
- is used in perfumery
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[edit] Nigella sativa
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- English Names
- Nigella
- Black Cummin
- Black Caraway
- Love-in-a-mist
- Natural Habitat
- Balkan
- Mediterranean countries
- Southern Europe; cultivated in Malaya
- India
- Part(s) Used
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- Constituent(s)
- essential oil
- fatty oil
- saponin
- nigellin
- albumen
- mucilage
- acids
- sugar
- metarbin
- melanthin
- gum
- Action
- diuretic
- emmenagogue
- digestive
- aromatic
- carminative
- anthelmintic
- sudorific
- stimulant
- tonic
- anti-bilious
- stomachic
- purgative
- resolutive
- galactagogue
- used as a spice
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