Nigella sativa L. (Black Cumin): A Promising Natural Remedy for Wide Range of Illnesses

EM Yimer, KB Tuem, A Karim… - Evidence‐Based …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The seed of Nigella sativa (N. sativa) has been used in different civilization around the world
for centuries to treat various animal and human ailments. So far, numerous studies …

[HTML][HTML] Thymoquinone: A novel strategy to combat cancer: A review

M Imran, A Rauf, IA Khan, M Shahbaz… - Biomedicine & …, 2018 - Elsevier
The higher consumption of fruit, herbs, spices, and vegetables is well known and practical
strategy to cure human cancers owing to their presence of bioactive compounds. Among …

Effective medicinal plant in cancer treatment, part 2: review study

W Kooti, K Servatyari, M Behzadifar… - Journal of evidence …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Cancer is the second cause of death after cardiovascular diseases. With due attention to
rapid progress in the phytochemical study of plants, they are becoming popular because of …

Synergistic effects of plant derivatives and conventional chemotherapeutic agents: an update on the cancer perspective

R Pezzani, B Salehi, S Vitalini, M Iriti, FA Zuñiga… - Medicina, 2019 - mdpi.com
Synergy is a process in which some substances cooperate to reach a combined effect that is
greater than the sum of their separate effects. It can be considered a natural “straight” …

Anticancer medicinal plants used by Moroccan people: Ethnobotanical, preclinical, phytochemical and clinical evidence

IA Merrouni, M Elachouri - Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2021 - Elsevier
Ethnopharmacological relevance Cancer is a major health problem worldwide. Drugs' side
effects and high cost of treatment remain the main limitations of conventional therapy …

Thymoquinone, as a novel therapeutic candidate of cancers

B Almajali, HAN Al-Jamal, WRW Taib, I Ismail… - Pharmaceuticals, 2021 - mdpi.com
To date, natural products are widely used as pharmaceutical agents for many human
diseases and cancers. One of the most popular natural products that have been studied for …

Phytotherapeutics in cancer invasion and metastasis

B Salehi, P Zucca, M Sharifi‐Rad… - Phytotherapy …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer is a multifactorial disease, and therefore, a multitarget approach is needed to face
the complex cancer biology, based on the combined use of different natural and synthetic …

Targeting cancer stem cells and signalling pathways through phytochemicals: A promising approach against colorectal cancer

W Liao, L Zhang, X Chen, J Xiang, Q Zheng, N Chen… - Phytomedicine, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are strongly associated with high
tumourigenicity, chemotherapy or radiotherapy resistance, and metastasis and recurrence …

Nigella sativa L.: Uses in traditional and contemporary medicines–An overview

A Majeed, Z Muhammad, H Ahmad, SSS Hayat… - Acta Ecologica …, 2021 - Elsevier
There are several wild and cultivated plants that offer excellent opportunities for being used
as herbal and therapeutic agents. The identification of medicinal properties of plants and …

Thymoquinone as a potential adjuvant therapy for cancer treatment: evidence from preclinical studies

AGM Mostofa, MK Hossain, D Basak… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Thymoquinone (TQ), the main bioactive component of Nigella sativa, has been found to
exhibit anticancer effects in numerous preclinical studies. Due to its multitargeting nature, TQ …