PJB-2009-142
NUTRITIONAL PROFILE OF INDIGENOUS CULTIVAR OF BLACK CUMIN SEEDS AND ANTIOXIDANT POTENTIAL OF ITS FIXED AND ESSENTIAL OIL
MUHAMMAD TAUSEEF SULTAN1*, MASOOD SADIQ BUTT1, FAQIR MUHAMMAD ANJUM1, AMER JAMIL2, SAEED AKHTAR3 AND MUHAMMAD NASIR1
Abstract
Medicinal plants gained momentous support in the recent era for their therapeutic potential. The core objective of the research study was to characterize the indigenous variety of black cumin (Nigella sativa L.), locally known as “Kalonji” and its fixed and essential oils. Compositional analysis revealed that it contains appreciable quantities of carbohydrates, proteins and fats. Moreover, potassium, calcium, phosphorous and magnesium were predominant minerals, whilst considerable quantities of sodium, iron, manganese, zinc and copper were also present. Characterization of fixed oil enumerated that polyunsaturated fatty acids were the dominating fraction i.e., 60.17±1.53% as compared to saturated and monounsaturated fatty acids i.e.
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