Thymoquinone
Spicecumin
Thymoquinone is an aroma compound in the spice family, recognizable as cumin. It shows up in 1 ingredient in the escoff catalog.
01At a glance
Aroma familySpice
Wheel notecumin
Found in1 ingredient
PotencyPotent; pungent-herbal.
02What it smells like
Pungent, slightly bitter — the note of black cumin (nigella).
03Also found in· 3
nigella seedblack cuminsavory
04In the kitchen
The defining note of nigella (kalonji) seeds; pungent and herbaceous.
05Where it sits
Aroma family
cumin
06Found in these ingredients· 1
07Other spice compounds· 49
AjoeneAllicinAlliinAllyl IsothiocyanateAllyl SulfidesAnetholeBeta-SesquiphellandreneCapsaicinCarvacrolCaryophylleneCinnamaldehydeCinnamyl AcetateCorianderCuminCuminaldehydeCurcuminCymeneDiallyl DisulfideDihydrocapsaicinDipropyl DisulfideElemicinEugenolEugenyl AcetateFenchoneGingerolGlucosinolatesHydroxy-Alpha-SanshoolIsothiocyanatesMethyl EugenolMyristicinp-CymeneParadolPhenethyl IsothiocyanatePiperinePropanethial S-OxideRotundoneSabineneSafranalShogaolSinigrinSulforaphaneSulfur CompoundsTerpinyl AcetateThiosulfinatesThymolTurmeroneZingeroneZingibereneβ-Caryophyllene