Potential candidate crops for seed spices group: Botany and Medicinal significance

Abstract

Seed spices and herbs have been in use for centuries both for culinary and medicinal purposes due to the presence of
a wide range of volatile and non-volatile dietetic compounds.Seed spices not only enhance the flavor, aroma, and
color of food and beverages, but they can also protect from acute and chronic diseases. There is now ample evidence
that seed spices possess antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anticarcinogenic, antidiabetic, antimicrobial, and other
numerous medicinalproperties that affect human health and temperament. The research on seed spices has reported
on a varied array of health properties that they possess via their bioactive compounds in plant parts, seeds, and roots.
However, still, there is a lack of concise information pertaining to some other crops which have the potential to be used
as seed spices. This review highlights the botanical description and medicinal uses of different potential seed spices
such as parsley, black cumin, black caraway, Indian dill, sweet fennel, poppy, sesame and mustard.