SPICES, MEDICINAL AND AROMATİC PLANTS
Black Cumin (Nigella sativa)
Nigella sativa (black caraway, also known as black cumin, nigella, and kalonji) is an annual flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae,the black seeds taste like a combination of onions, black pepper, and oregano. They have a pungent, bitter taste and smell.
N. sativa oil contains linoleic acid, oleic acid, palmitic acid, and trans-anethole, and other minor constituents.[6] Aromatics include thymoquinone, dihydrothymoquinone, p-cymene, carvacrol, α-thujene, thymol, α-pinene, β-pinene and t-anethole.
