COVID-19: is there evidence for the use of herbal medicines as adjuvant symptomatic therapy?

D Silveira, JM Prieto-Garcia, F Boylan… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Background Current recommendations for the self-management of SARS-Cov-2 disease
(COVID-19) include self-isolation, rest, hydration, and the use of NSAID in case of high fever …

Assessment of black cumin (Nigella sativa L.) as a food ingredient and putative therapeutic agent

GA Burdock - Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology, 2022 - Elsevier
The whole or ground seeds of the food ingredient Nigella sativa L., known in Western culture
as “black cumin” or “black caraway”, has a three-millennial history of use in Middle-and Far …

(black seed) safety: an overview

H Mashayekhi-Sardoo, R Rezaee, G Karimi - Asian Biomedicine, 2020 - sciendo.com
Nigella sativa (commonly known as black seed or black cumin), from the family
Ranunculaceae, is a plant that grows in countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea. This …

Guidance for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring anti-genotoxicity

V Yadav, JL Fuentes, A Krishnan, N Singh, D Vohora - Life Sciences, 2024 - Elsevier
Since DNA damage can occur spontaneously or be produced by the environmental
genotoxins in living cells, it is important to investigate compounds that can reverse or protect …

Protective Effect of Nigella sativa and Nigella damascena Fixed Oils Against Aflatoxin Induced Mutagenicity in the Classical and Modified Ames Test

S Helvacıoğlu, M Charehsaz… - Chemistry & …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The antioxidant and mutagenic/antimutagenic activities of the fixed oils from Nigella sativa
(NSO) and Nigella damascena (NDO) seeds, obtained by cold press‐extraction from the …

Genotoxic and antigenotoxic medicinal plant extracts and their main phytochemicals:“A review”

G Al-Naqeb, A Kalmpourtzidou, F Giampieri… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Many medicinal plant extracts have been proven to have significant health benefits. In
contrast, research has shown that some medicinal plant extracts can be toxic, genotoxic …

Antioxidant, antimutagenic and antigenotoxic properties of Plectranthus species

KB Sako, TJ Makhafola, R Antonissen, L Pieters… - South African Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Dichlomethane (DCM) and 90% methanol of sixteen Plectranthus species were
investigated for antioxidant activity using the DPPH (2, 2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl), ABTS …

Antigenotoxic Effect of Ascorbic Acid and Resveratrol in Erythrocytes of Ambystoma mexicanum, Oreochromis niloticus and Human Lymphocytes Exposed to …

C Alvarez-Moya, AG Sámano-León… - Current Issues in …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Glyphosate is a controversial herbicide. Its genotoxicity and presence in various ecosystems
have been reported. The use of ascorbic acid and resveratrol could protect different …

Thymoquinone: chemistry and functionality

AE Edris - Black cumin (Nigella sativa) seeds: Chemistry …, 2021 - Springer
Thymoquinone (TQ) is found in nature as one of the constituents of the volatile oil fraction of
black seeds (Nigella sativa L.). Nowadays, more research interest is directed toward TQ due …

In vitro genotoxic and antigenotoxic effects of an exopolysaccharide isolated from Lactobacillus salivarius KC27L

BM Yildiz, D Yuzbasioglu, Z Yuksekdag, D Cetin… - Toxicology in Vitro, 2023 - Elsevier
Exopolysaccharide isolated from Lactobacillus salivarius (new genus name
Ligilactobacillus) KC27L strain (EPS KC27L) exhibits antioxidant properties with 1, 1 …