• CAS mumber

  • Botanical

    Nigella sativa L., fam. Ranunculaceae

Aboutabl, E.A., El-Azzouny, A.A., and Hammerschmidt, F.-J., Aroma Volatiles of Nigella Sativa L. Seeds, in: Progress in Essential Oil Research (Proceedings of the Int. Symp. on Ess. Oils), E.-J. Brunke Ed., Walter de Gruyter, Berlin (1986),49-55

Compound CAS DB5 Carbowax Proportion
para-Cymene 99-87-6 1025.71 1269.29 31.7%
Thymoquinone 490-91-5 1252.0 24.5%
Ethyl linoleate 544-35-4 2155.0 2556.0 9.4%
alpha-Pinene 80-56-8 940.0 1020.71 9.3%
Ethyl hexadecanoate 628-97-7 1994.25 2244.5 2.8%
Ethyl oleate 111-62-6 2180.0 2474.0 2.7%
beta-Pinene 127-91-3 979.0 1113.0 2.2%
Limonene 138-86-3 1032.0 1196.29 1.6%
Carvacrol 99-75-2 1306.29 2214.29 1.1%
Sabinene 3387-41-5 975.71 1124.43 0.76%
Thymohydroquinone 2217-60-9 1553.0 0.64%
Terpinen-4-ol 562-74-3 1180.57 1600.14 0.58%
gamma-Terpinene 99-85-4 1063.71 1245.0 0.51%
Myrcene 123-35-3 990.57 1161.14 0.5%
Bornyl acetate 76-49-3 1288.29 1586.14 0.4%
Longifolene 475-20-7 1403.83 1574.0 0.38%
Butyl propyl disulfide 72437-64-0 0.25%
Ethyl tetradecanoate 124-06-1 1795.0 2034.75 0.22%
Ethyl octadecanoate 111-61-5 2195.0 2460.0 0.21%
Methyl linoleate 112-63-0 2096.25 2490.0 0.2%
Carvone 99-49-0 1248.14 1731.57 0.19%
alpha-Longipinene 5989-08-2 1352.67 0.18%
Artemisia ketone 546-49-6 1062.0 1360.0 0.14%
p-Cymen-8-ol 1197-01-9 1186.43 1853.14 0.13%
2-Heptenal 2463-63-0 963.67 1326.67 0.13%
1,8-Cineole 470-82-6 1033.29 1213.86 0.08%
trans-Sabinene hydrate 17699-16-0 1072.14 1467.43 0.07%
Ethyl octanoate 106-32-1 1197.5 1429.71 0.07%
Camphene 79-92-5 951.57 1071.29 0.06%
alpha-Terpinene 99-86-5 1019.29 1186.29 0.06%
Terpinolene 586-62-9 1089.43 1286.14 0.06%
Linalool 78-70-6 1101.14 1548.57 0.06%
Camphor 76-22-2 1144.86 1517.43 0.06%
(E)-Anethole 4180-23-8 1288.33 1826.8 0.05%
2-Undecanone 112-12-9 1295.71 1592.0 0.05%
beta-Phellandrene 555-10-2 1033.57 1207.71 0.01%
Borneol 507-70-0 1168.71 1702.0 0.01%
beta-Thujone 471-15-8 1118.0 1442.43 0.01%
cis-Sabinene hydrate 15537-55-0 1099.57 1556.0 0.01%
Ethyl hexanoate 123-66-0 999.5 1232.14 0.01%
Ethyl heptanoate 106-30-9 1099.0 1325.67 0.01%
Ethyl nonanoate 123-29-5 1530.0 0.01%
Dipropyl disulfide 629-19-6 1358.0 0.01%
Dibutyl disulfide 629-45-8 1580.0 0.01%
Total 91.43%