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Pharmacognosy-2 (PG303)

Commercial
Drugs

Fruit/point Cumin Hemlock Non-officia
of
comparison ‫الكمون‬ ‫الشكران‬ Black
Pepper
‫الفلفل الأسود‬

Origin Cuminum Conium Dried unripe fruits of
Cyminum maculatum Piper nigrum
Active Umbelliferae Umbellifera (Piperaceae)
constituent volatile oils e
s (cuminaldhyde Coniine volatile oils
) alkaloid
crystalline
alkaloids piperine
and resin.
The pungency is due to
and
piperine.