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Cumin is a flowering plant in the Apiaceae family that is commonly used as a condiment. It has a distinctive strong flavor due to its essential oil content, with cuminaldehyde and cuminic alcohol being its main aroma compounds. Cumin can be used ground or as whole seeds, imparting an earthy and warming flavor to foods like stews, soups, curries, and chilis. When taken in food amounts by mouth, cumin is likely safe, and it is possibly safe to take cumin powder or essential oil in appropriate medicinal amounts.

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Cumin is a flowering plant in the Apiaceae family that is commonly used as a condiment. It has a distinctive strong flavor due to its essential oil content, with cuminaldehyde and cuminic alcohol being its main aroma compounds. Cumin can be used ground or as whole seeds, imparting an earthy and warming flavor to foods like stews, soups, curries, and chilis. When taken in food amounts by mouth, cumin is likely safe, and it is possibly safe to take cumin powder or essential oil in appropriate medicinal amounts.

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Plant Cumin

ORIGIN
Spices are the building blocks of flavor in food. Their primary functions are to
provide aroma, texture and color to food. In addition they also act as
preservative, and provide nutritional, and health benefits. Cumin (Cuminum
cyminum) locally known as ‘zeera’ is a
flowering plant in the family Apiaceae. It
is commonly used as a condiment and
flavoring in many eastern dishe

ACTIVE
CONSTITUENTS
Cuminaldehyde , cymene, and terpenoids are the
major volatile components of cumin (Bettaieb et
al.Cumin has a distinctive strong flavour. Its warm aroma is
due to its essential oil content. Its main constituent of
aroma compounds are cuminaldehyde and cuminic alcohol. sideeffect

When taken by mouth: Cumin is LIKELY


SAFE when taken in food amounts. It is
POSSIBLY SAFE to take cumin powder
and cumin essential oil in appropriate
medicinal amounts. The side effects of
cumin are not known, although some
people can be allergic to

USES
Cumin can be used ground or as whole seeds. It imparts an earthy, warming and aromatic character to food, making
it a staple in certain stews and soups, as well as spiced gravies such as curry and chili. It is also used as an ingredient
in some pickles and pastries.

CHEMICAL TESTS
Cumin seeds oil was extracted using Soxhelt extraction[4] , which carried out in standard apparatus for 12 hours using (20)gm of Cumin seeds with (200)ml
of Diethyl ether as a solvent. Then the extracted oil was collected in a dark glass container a When taken by mouth: Cumin is LIKELY SAFE when taken in food
amounts. It is POSSIBLY SAFE to take cumin powder and cumin essential oil in appropriate medicinal amounts. The side effects of cumin are not known, although
some people can be allergic tond stored in a appropriate medicinal amounts. The side effects of are not known, although some cumin people can be
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