Cumin

ANISALOEHYDE In small amounts (less than 5%) in anise, cumin, fennel and star anise oils. 

Chill Powder. Chili powder is a commercial blend of several spices, ie, chili peppers, oregano, cumin seed, onion and gadic powders, aUspice, perhaps cloves, and others. Chili powder is the basic flavor for many highly spiced dishes, among them chili con came, and is used in cocktail sauces and ground meats. 

Cumin Seed. Cumin spice is the dried ripe fmit of Cuminum cyminum L. (UmbeUiferae). The seed-Uke fmit is elongated about 0.31 to 0.63 cm and is yeUowish brown. It is native to upper Egypt and the eastern Mediterranean, but is now cultivated in Pakistan, Turkey, India, China, and Syria. It has a strong pecuhar aroma and flavor, pleasing to some and offensive to others. Cumin seed is used in chutney and curry, chili powders, chili con came, cheeses, and the pickling of cabbage. 

The oil ooDtaiiiB about d per cent, ot geranyl acetate, pineue, cymene, Iree gerauiol. eucalyptol, traces of pbunol fcarvaerol ), and au aldehyde whieh is probably cuminic aldehyde. 

A small quantity of, i-u iy)ineol was isolated, together with a small umoniit ot cuminic alcohol. 

It has a aecondaiy odour ruoalling that of cumin. It uoutaiiis Irom IJ to TO ifir cent, of eiicalyptol and a small quantity ol aromadcndtal nd a aesquitei peiie. This oil is mneh valued as A medicinal oil and sually conforms admirablv to phaniiaco])C ial requirernents. 

If a-phellandrene be oxidised by potassium permanganate, the principal body resulting is a-oxy-/3-isopropyl glutaric acid. If /3-phellandrene be oxidised, closely related acids result, but if a 1 per cent, solution of permanganate be used and the oxidation effected very carefully in the cold, with the terpene always in excess, a glycol, CjoHjg(OH)2, results, which when dehydrated with dilute sulphuric acid yields tetrahydro-cuminic aldehyde. 

Starting with cuminal, nitro-cuminal was prepared, the nitro group entering the para position, meta to the aldehyde group. This compound - when treated with phosphorus pentachloride was converted into nitro-cymyline chloride, which on reduction with zinc and hydrochloric acid... 

Cumin-dl, n. cumin oil. -samen, m. cumin seed. -sSure, /. cumic acid, cuminic acid. 

Kumar-, coumar- (or cumar-). See Cumar-. Kuadnskure,/. cumic add, cuminic acid. Kummelt m. caraway (rdmischer) cumin kiimmel (the liqueur), -braimtwein, -likor,... 

Kurkuma,/. curcuma, turmeric, -gelb, n. cur-cumin. -papier, n. turmeric paper, -saure, /. curoumic acid, -wurzel, /. turmeric. 

Mutter-kraut, n. feverfew, -kuchen, m. placenta, -kummel, m. cumin, -lauge, /. mother liquor, -leib, m. womb, uterus, -neike, /. mother clove, -pech, n. Med.) meeonium. -pflanze, /, parent plant, -scheibe, /. Mach.) nut washer, -schliissel, m. nut wrench, -sicherung, /. Mach.) nut lock, -stoff, m, -substanz, /, mother substance, parent substance matrix, -ver-schluss, m. Mach.) nut lock, -zelle, /. mother cell, parent cell, -zimt, m. cassia. Mutung,/. claim, demand, concession. 

AtTabla, the restaurateur Danny Meyer s fusion Indian restaurant on Madison Square Park, the house drinks are inspired by India.You don t find Angostura bitters or Tom Collins mix in these cocktails. You find cinnamon sticks and cumin seeds. 

Figure 23 Comparison of antiradical properties of different tea types. 1, Sage tea 2, green tea 3, black tea 4, peppermint tea 5, bladder tea 6, dandelion tea 7, Saint-John s-wort tea 8, tea for cough 9, nettle tea 10, rosehip tea 11, chamomile tea 12, horsetail tea 13, linden flowers tea 14, marigold tea 15, fennel tea 16, cumin tea.

In the investigated teas the lowest content of antioxidants is in cumin tea, the highest in sage tea, followed by green and black tea. 

Similarly, Scheme 44 indicates that Selvan et al. utilized -hydroxy enones (e.g., 169) to synthesize pyrazoles (e.g., 170) [87]. Although this example is a cur cumin analog and not a chalcone derivative, it has been included as this class of compounds exhibited anti-oxidant and COX-l/COX-2 activity. 

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