sesame plant

Names

Common Names

• sesame
• beniseed
• benneseed
• benniseed
• Benne
• Benue Oil
• Cultivated Sesame
• Gingelly-Oil Plant
• Gingilli
• Indian Sesame
• Sem-Sem
• Sem-Semoil
• Sesame Oil
• Teel Oil
• Tilseed

Regional and Traditional Names

Scientific Names

Accepted name

Synonyms

• Volkameria sesamoides
• Volkameria orientalis
• Volkameria orientalis var. indica
• Sesamum indicum var. subdentatum
• Strobilanthes gentiliana
• Anthadenia sesamoides
• Sesamum mulayanum
• Sesamum indicum subsp. malabaricum
• Sesamum foetidum
• Sesamum hopkinsii
• Sesamum brasiliense
• Sesamum africanum
• Sesamum occidentalis
• Sesamum orientale
• Sesamum trifoliatum
• Sesamum tavakarii
• Sesamum malabaricum
• Sesamum somalense
• Sesamum luteum
• Sesamum auriculatum
• Sesamum indicum var. subindivisum
• Sesamum indicum var. integerrimum
• Sesamum indicum var. grandidentatum

Taxonomical Classification

This plant, known scientifically as Sesamum indicum, belongs to the kingdom Plantae and the phylum Streptophyta. It is classified under the class Equisetopsida and the subclass Magnoliidae within the order Lamiales. Finally, it is a member of the family Pedaliaceae and is placed in the genus Sesamum.

Distribution

This plant exhibits a specific distribution across various regions of the European continent. In Southwestern Europe, it can be found growing in Spain. Its presence extends into Southeastern Europe, where it is documented in Bulgaria and Greece. Furthermore, the species is located in the European portion of Türkiye. Finally, its range encompasses the Northwestern Balkan Peninsula.

Plant Parts

Chemicals

Sesamum indicum has 201 reported phytochemicals identified across 12 scientific publications and several other databases. The most consistently reported chemicals include sesamin, Sesamol, Fatty acids, Sesamolin, Flavonoids.

sesamin

1. Dr. Duke
2. African journal of traditional, complementary, and alternative medicines : AJTCAM
3. Plant physiology and biochemistry : PPB
4. Heliyon
5. Journal of agricultural and food chemistry

Sesamol

1. Dr. Duke
2. Plant foods for human nutrition (Dordrecht, Netherlands)
3. African journal of traditional, complementary, and alternative medicines : AJTCAM
4. Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology
5. Plants (Basel, Switzerland)

Fatty acids

1. Dr. Duke
2. BMC plant biology
3. Maternal health, neonatology and perinatology
4. Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM

Sesamolin

1. Dr. Duke
2. African journal of traditional, complementary, and alternative medicines : AJTCAM
3. Plant physiology and biochemistry : PPB
4. Journal of agricultural and food chemistry

Flavonoids

1. Nigerian quarterly journal of hospital medicine
2. Phytotherapy research : PTR
3. International journal of radiation biology

Tocopherols

1. Dr. Duke
2. Plants (Basel, Switzerland)
3. Foods (Basel, Switzerland)

linoleic acid

1. Dr. Duke
2. Foods (Basel, Switzerland)
3. Natural product research

oleic acid

1. Dr. Duke
2. Foods (Basel, Switzerland)
3. Natural product research

(+)-Pinoresinol

1. Dr. Duke
2. Life (Basel, Switzerland)

Ash

1. Dr. Duke
2. Plants (Basel, Switzerland)

Activities

Sesamum indicum has 584 reported activities identified across 12 scientific publications and several other databases. The most consistently reported activities include Antioxidant, Antidiabetic, Analgesic, Antihypertensive, Antibacterial.

Most Reported Activities

Medicinal Uses

Sesamum indicum has 39 reported medicinal uses identified across 12 scientific publications and several other databases. The most consistently reported uses include Huntington's disease, hypertension, oxidative stress, sarcopenia, type 2 diabetes.

Most Reported Uses

Preparations