Phytochemical Analysis and Antioxidant, Antibacterial, and Antifungal Effects of Essential Oil of Black Caraway (Nigella sativa L.) Seeds against Drug-Resistant Clinically Pathogenic Microorganisms

Table 1

Phytochemical constituents of essential oil extracted from seeds of black caraway Nigella sativa (EO-NS).

P	R.T	Name	C.C	RI		Area (%)
				Cal	Lit
1	7.68	α-Thujene	MO	902	930	10.09
2	7.90	α-Pinene	MO	948	939	2.57
3	9.03	α-Phellandrene	MO	994	1002	0.97
4	9.19	β-Pinene	MO	972	979	2.33
5	10.35	α-Terpinene	MO	998	1017	0.95
6	10.59	O-cymene	MO	1042	1026	46.36
7	10.72	Cis-chrysanthenyl acetate	O	1256	1265	2.56
8	11.60	Limonene	MO	998	1029	0.90
9	12.74	Cis-sabinene hydrate	O	1040	1070	0.72
10	12.81	Linalool	MO	1082	1096	0.54
11	13.43	Trans-sabinene hydrate	O	1070	1098	8.71
12	15.26	Terpinen-4-ol	MO	1148	1177	5.98
13	18.56	Carvacrol	MO	1274	1299	14.82
14	21.66	Longifolene	ST	1398	1390	1.95
15	38.23	Widdrol	ST	1604	1599	0.55
Chemical classes (C.C)
Monoterpene (MO)						85.51
Sesquiterpene (ST)						2.50
Others (O)						11.99
Total						100

P: peak; R.T: retention time; C.C: chemical classes; RI: retention index; Cal: calculate; Lit: literature; O: others; MO: monoterpene; ST: sesquiterpene.