Carum nigrum

Padmashree, A., Roopa, N., Semwal, A.D., Sharma, G.K., Agathian, G. and Bawa, A.S. (2007) Star-anise (lllicium verum) and black caraway (Carum nigrum) as natural antioxidants. Food Chemistry 104(1), 59-66. 

As to the next oil a scientific confusion must be mentioned the common name black caraway belongs to the seeds of Nigella sativa (Ranunculaceae) and not to the Apiaceae plant Carum. Therefore, Carum nigrum is a wrong botanical name, even if the seeds of N. sativa are black and resemble to the seeds of Carum carvi. The confusion that has been created by the authors of the articles (Singh et al., 2006) by using possibly local justified terms, but nevertheless wrong botanical names still persists. 

Singh, G., P. Maiimuthu, C.S. De Heluani, and C.A.N. Catalan, 2006. Antioxidant and biocidal activities of Carum nigrum (seed) essential oil oleo resin, and their selected components. J. Agric. Food Chem., 54 174—181. 

The appearance of a fruit under this name on the London market is of considerable interest, inasmuch as its botanical source has never been identified with certainty, and so far as I am aware there is no authenticated specimen of the Persian plant yielding it in any European Herbarium. This fruit has been in the museum of the Pharmaceutical Society in London for at least thirty years under the name of Carum nigrum. 

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