Thymoquinone is a
phytochemical compound found in the plant ''
Nigella sativa
''Nigella sativa'' (black caraway, also known as black cumin, nigella, kalonji or siyahdaneh) is an annual flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to eastern Europe (Bulgaria and Romania) and Western Asia (Cyprus, Turkey, Iran and Ir ...
''. It is also found in select cultivated ''
'' plants which can be steam distilled to produce an essential oil.
It has been classified as a
pan-assay interference compound, which binds indiscriminately to many proteins. It is under preliminary research to identify its possible biological properties.
See also
*
Dithymoquinone, a
dimer
Dimer may refer to:
* Dimer (chemistry), a chemical structure formed from two similar sub-units
** Protein dimer, a protein quaternary structure
** d-dimer
* Dimer model, an item in statistical mechanics, based on ''domino tiling''
* Julius Dimer ...
of thymoquinone
*
2,5-Dimethoxy-''p''-cymene
References
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1,4-Benzoquinones
Monoterpenes
Isopropyl compounds