Bunium persicum (Apiaceae) is a wild herbaceous plant growing in dry temperate region of Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh (18003300 m). Seed is used as a prized condiment for flavoring dishes and as a carminative in ayurvedic medicines. The plant propagates by seeds and has been reported to have becomes a rare in its natural habitat because of excessive seed collection for co...

microwave-assisted hydrodistillation (mahd) at three levels of microwave power (180, 360, and 540 w) and the traditional hydrodistillation (hd) were applied to obtain essential oils from bunium persicum boiss. (black zira). mahd at 540 w started much earlier than that of hd (4 min vs. 38 min, respectively). by the time the extraction of essential oils started with hd, almost 50% of the total es...

Biological production of silver nanoparticles, due to its high antimicrobial properties and environmental compatibility, can be used as an alternative to antibiotics. The aim of this study was to optimize the green synthesis of silver nanoparticles using fruit extract of Bunium persicum Boiss and investigate the antimicrobial effect of nanoparticles against Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus a...

Bunium persicum (Boiss.) is an economically important medicinal plant growing wild in arid regions in Iran. The essential oil of B. persicum (EOBP) was extracted using hydrodistillation. A total of eighteen compounds, representing 96.14 % of the oil was identified by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS).The main compounds were cuminaldehyde (23.04 %), gamma-terpinene (14.48 %), trans-3...