Cumin (Cuminum cyminum L.) an export-oriented Indian seed spice with inherent nutraceutical and therapeutic attributes: A review
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S.S. Meena
ICAR-National Research Centre on Seed Spices, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India
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Y.K. Sharma
ICAR-National Research Centre on Seed Spices, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India
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M.K. Mahatma
ICAR-National Research Centre on Seed Spices, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India
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S. Lal
ICAR-National Research Centre on Seed Spices, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India
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M.D. Meena
ICAR-National Research Centre on Seed Spices, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India
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R.D. Meena
ICAR-National Research Centre on Seed Spices, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India
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N. Chaudhary
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Ravi Y
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V. Bhardwaj
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Essential oil, flavorant, volatile oil, phytochemicals, scavenging activityAbstract
Cumin seeds and value-added products are used in beverages, liquors,
candy, nutraceuticals, therapeutics, toiletries, perfumery and lotions. In the
Indian systems of medicine, cumin finds a vital role through its essential &
total oil components and various aqueous and alcoholic extracts. Cumin
seeds contain volatile oil (3–4%), the primary active principles of which are
cumin aldehyde, terpenes (45–50%), phenols, unsaturated and saturated
fatty acids, etc., those occur in varying fractions compensating each other,
which act as a scavenger for free radicals and antioxidants. As a
nutraceutical, cumin seeds contain plenty of iron, magnesium, calcium,
manganese, and phosphorus. The vitamins present include thiamine,
riboflavin, niacin, vitamin A, C, E, K, and vitamin B6. The seedspossess
diuretic, carminative, stimulant, digestive, tonic, appetizer, stomachic and
astringent properties. It is traditionally an essential critical remedial agent
for digestion, diarrhoea, leucorrhoea, eczema, atonic, flatulence,
dyspepsia and abdominal pains. Phytochemicals like alkaloid, coumarin,
anthraquinone, flavonoid, protein, glycoside, resin, saponin, tannin and
steroids are abundant in its seed. Cumin seed extracts bear various
medicinal properties such as insecticidal, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory,
antioxidant, antidiabetic, anticancer, hypotensive, bronchodilator,
immunological, contraceptive, aldose reductase, analgesic,alpha-
glucosidase and tyrosinase inhibitory effects, etc. Thus use of cumin offers
combined advantages, providing both nutraceutical and therapeutic
properties simultaneously.
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