Pharmacological and toxicological properties of Nigella sativa

BH Ali, G Blunden - Phytotherapy Research: An international …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
The seeds of Nigella sativa Linn.(Ranunculaceae), commonly known as black seed or black
cumin, are used in folk (herbal) medicine all over the world for the treatment and prevention …

Plants used in cosmetics

T Aburjai, FM Natsheh - Phytotherapy Research: An …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
This review describes the use of some natural products in cosmetic preparations, due to
their low mammalian toxicity, with a brief description of the major use, plant parts used, the …

Nutritional value, functional properties and nutraceutical applications of black cumin (Nigella sativa L.): an overview

MF Ramadan - International journal of food science & …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Non‐conventional seeds are being considered because their constituents have unique
chemical properties and may augment the supply of nutritional and functional products …

Chemical composition and medicinal properties of Nigella sativa Linn.

MA Khan - Inflammopharmacology, 1999 - Springer
The black cumin or Nigella sativa L. seeds have many acclaimed medicinal properties such
as bronchodilatory, hypotensive, antibacterial, antifungal, analgesic, anti-inflammatory and …

Nigella sativa oil protects against emamectin benzoate‐Induced neurotoxicity in rats

DA Madkour, MM Ahmed, SH Orabi… - Environmental …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
This study evaluated the ameliorative impact of Nigella sativa oil (NSO) on emamectin
benzoate (EMB) neurotoxicity. Thirty‐five male rats were randomly allocated into 5 groups …

[PDF][PDF] Effect of alcoholic extract of Nigella sativa on fertility in male rats

JAA Al-Sa'aidi, ALD Al-Khuzai… - Iraqi Journal of …, 2009 - academia.edu
An experiment was conducted to determine the effect of alcoholic extract of black seed
Nigella sativa L. on fertility parameters in white male rats (Rattus norvegicus). A total of 60 …

[HTML][HTML] GC-MS analysis of Nigella sativa seeds and antimicrobial activity of its volatile oil

SJ Gerige, MKY Gerige, M Rao - Brazilian Archives of Biology and …, 2009 - SciELO Brasil
The present study dealt with the hydro distillation of Nigella sativa seeds and GC-MS
analysis. The total composition of the oil was 86.7%. The seed volatile oil was tested against …

In vitro decreases of the fibrinolytic potential of cultured human fibrosarcoma cell line, HT1080, by Nigella sativa oil

EM Awad - Phytomedicine, 2005 - Elsevier
It is generally accepted that the fibrinolytic potential of tumor cells is related to their
malignant phenotype. In the present study, Nigella sativa oil (NSO) was studied to evaluate …

A review on medicinal plants used for improvement of spermatogenesis

SMB Khojasteh, RJ Khameneh… - Biology and …, 2016 - search.proquest.com
Male factor infertility accounts for 40% of infertility cases. Spermatogenetic failure, including
azoospermia and oligospermia, is one of the important causes of male infertility. Among …

Immune response and productive performance of dairy buffaloes and their offspring supplemented with black seed oil

HM Khattab, AZ El Basiony, SM Hamdy, AA Marwan - 2011 - sid.ir
Twenty pregnant buffaloes, eight weeks before the expected calving date, were assigned
into two homogeneous groups of 10 animals each, according to their season of lactation …