The Indian spice industry by and large is primitive yet. Screen cleaner and dust removing are the only operations which are being done alone in the industry. Quality assessment of spices is a very big challenge since time immemorial. In addition to inherent and hygienic features quality depends on its physical appearance, moisture content, composition which may be reflected by taste and smell t...

Introduction Cumin (Cuminum cyminum L.) is a commercial plant which is valued for its aroma and its medicinal and therapeutic properties. Although India has been the primary exporter of cumin seeds and cumin oil in the world. However Turkey and Iran are providing stiff competition now. India, Turkey, Syria, China, the US, Iran, Indonesia, Sudan, Egypt, Morocco, Algeria, and Libya are the leadin...

background: many efforts have been done to find effective agents against resistant pathogens. cuminum cyminum l. (cumin) is an aromatic plant within the apiaceae family. it has a variety of purposes and demonstrates antimicrobial and antioxidant properties. this study evaluated the activity of c. cyminum extract and essential oil against bacterial isolates which cause urinary tract infection, i...

the essential oil from the seeds of cuminum cyminum l. was isolated by hydrodistillation method and the chemical composition was determined by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (gc/ms). the yield of the oil was found to be 3.0% (on dry weight basis). a total of twenty six components, representing 96.7% of the oil were identified. cuminaldehyde (49.4%), p-cymene (17.4%), b-pinene (6.3%), a-ter...