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Descriptor English: Nigella sativa
Descriptor Spanish: Nigella sativa
Descriptor Nigella sativa
Scope note: Género de plantas de la familia RANUNCULACEAE que contiene alfa-hederina, una saponina triterpenica de las semillas, de la que se extrae el aceite de semilla negro.
Descriptor Portuguese: Nigella sativa
Descriptor French: Nigella sativa
Entry term(s): Black Cumin
Black Cumins
Cumin, Black
Cumins, Black
Kalonji
Kalonjus
Nigella sativas
sativa, Nigella
Tree number(s): B01.875.800.575.912.250.836.750.518.750
HP4.018.602.600.633
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D031881
Scope note: A plant genus of the family RANUNCULACEAE that contains alpha-hederin, a triterpene saponin in the seeds, and is the source of black seed oil.
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
AH anatomy & histology
CH chemistry
CL classification
CY cytology
DE drug effects
EM embryology
EN enzymology
GD growth & development
GE genetics
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PH physiology
PO poisoning
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
TO toxicity
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 2003
History Note: 2003
DeCS ID: 27054
Unique ID: D031881
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Date Established: 2003/01/01
Date of Entry: 2002/07/02
Revision Date: 2018/07/02
Nigella sativa - Preferred
Concept UI M0398956
Scope note A plant genus of the family RANUNCULACEAE that contains alpha-hederin, a triterpene saponin in the seeds, and is the source of black seed oil.
Preferred term Nigella sativa
Entry term(s) Black Cumin
Black Cumins
Cumin, Black
Cumins, Black
Kalonji
Kalonjus
Nigella sativas
sativa, Nigella



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