Cumin, Cuminum cyminum L., is the king of spices with a plethora of natural compounds with pharmacological features. Drought stress is a well-known factor that influences the production of some metabolites. We studied the impact of drought stress on gene expression and metabolite content in flower and leaf tissue organs of two ecotypes, Taybad and Ardakan populations. Plants were imposed into t...

BACKGROUND Irritable bowel syndrome is one of the most common gastrointestinal disordersCharacterized by chronic abdominal pain, altered bowel habits or changesin stool consistency. Unfortunately, no specific treatments for relieving IBSsymptoms have been suggested yet. This pilot study was conducted to evaluatethe efficacy of the Cumin extract, a kind of herbal used in the treatment of gastroi...

abstract biofertilizers are one of the main sources to supply nutrient elements for plants in sustainable agriculture. in order to evaluate the effects of biofertilizers and chemical fertilizers on cumin (cuminum cyminum) as a medicinal plant a field experiment was conducted in the research farm of faculty of agriculture, ferdowsi university of mashhad in a randomized complete block design with...

Cumin seeds may have been exposed to a high level of bacterial contamination and presence of pathogenic organisms could potentially create a public health risk. Apart from the public health, heavy microbial contamination is also a crucial problem in exportation. Most microorganisms contaminating the cumin seeds reside on the surface, and generally inner parts of the seeds are free from the micr...

Citation: Hedawoo GB, Mishra SA and Maggirwar RC (2014) Incidence of mycoflora associated with some spices, International Journal of Life Sciences, 2 (1): 44-48. The spices including black pepper, fennel and cumin are extensively utilized by majority of world’s polulation in response to multifold used as food, medicine, flavouring and colouring agent. In storage, seed borne contaminants not onl...

The triacylglycerol (TAG) structure and the regio-stereospecific distribution of fatty acids (FA) of seed oils from most of the Apiaceae family are not well documented. The TAG structure ultimately determines the final physical properties of the oils and the position of FAs in the TAG molecule affects the digestion; absorption and metabolism; and physical and technological properties of TAGs. F...