Distribution of primary and specialized metabolites in Nigella sativa seeds, a spice with vast traditional and historical uses

Molecules

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 10159-10177

  Botnick, Ilan ^a,b   Xue, Wentao ^c   Bar, Einat ^a   Ibdah, Mwafaq ^a   Schwartz, Amnon ^b   Joel, Daniel M ^a   Lev, Efraim ^d   Fait, Aaron ^c   Lewinsohn, Efraim ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Black cumin; Cairo's Genizah; Monoterpenes; Nigella sativa; Nigellicine; Nigellidine; P cymene; Ranunculaceae; Thymoquinone

Indexed keywords

4-CYMENE; BENZOQUINONE DERIVATIVE; GAMMA-TERPINENE; INDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; NIGELLIDINE 4 O SULFITE; NIGELLIDINE-4-O-SULFITE; PARA CYMENE; SULFATE; TERPENE; TERPINENE; THYMOQUINONE; VEGETABLE OIL;

ARTICLE; BLACK CUMIN; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT SEED; SPICE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

BENZOQUINONES; INDAZOLES; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MONOTERPENES; NIGELLA SATIVA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT OILS; SEEDS; SPICES; SULFURIC ACID ESTERS;

EID: 84866910210     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules170910159     Document Type: Article

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