INTRODUCTION TO SEED SPICES

The progress of Research on cumin is from ancient time. Cumin has many health benefit and used by people from several decades. Cumin has been a part of the human diet for thousands of years. People across the world use cumin as a spice in food and its extracted oil is used for medicinal use and perfume industry. Cumin in India is also used to treat kidney and bladder stones eye diseases and even leprosy. Cumin seed is one of the best remedy for weight loss. It has many other medicinal uses viz. anti-diabetic anti-inflammatory antifungal antibacterial hypolipidemic and anticancer etc..