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Dithymoquinone is a bioactive isolate of ''
Nigella sativa ''Nigella sativa'' (common names, black caraway, black cumin, nigella or kalonji) is an annual flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to western Asia (Arabia, the Levant, Cyprus, Turkey, Iran and Iraq), and eastern Europe (Bulgari ...
''. Chemically, it is 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 ** TH-dimer * Dimer model, an item in statistical mechanics, based on ''domino tiling'' * ...
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thymoquinone Thymoquinone is a phytochemical compound found in the plant '' Nigella sativa''. It is also found in select cultivated ''Monarda fistulosa ''Monarda fistulosa'', the wild bergamot or bee balm,Quinones Dimers (chemistry) Biphenylenes Tetraones Isopropyl compounds Cyclobutanes Enones {{alkanederivative-stub