Spices for prevention and treatment of cancers

J Zheng, Y Zhou, Y Li, DP Xu, S Li, HB Li - Nutrients, 2016 - mdpi.com
Spices have been widely used as food flavorings and folk medicines for thousands of years.
Numerous studies have documented the antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and …

Preclinical and clinical effects of Nigella sativa and its constituent, thymoquinone: A review

Z Gholamnezhad, S Havakhah… - Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Ethnopharmacological relevance Nigella sativa (N. sativa) L.(Ranunculaceae), well known
as black cumin, has been used as a herbal medicine that has a rich historical background. It …

Potential influence of Nagella sativa (Black cumin) in reinforcing immune system: A hope to decelerate the COVID-19 pandemic

MFA Kulyar, R Li, K Mehmood, M Waqas, K Li, J Li - Phytomedicine, 2021 - Elsevier
The world is witnessing a difficult time. The race of developing a new coronavirus (COVID-
19) vaccine is becoming more urgent. Many preliminary studies on the pathophysiology of …

[HTML][HTML] Anticancer activity of an ultrasonic nanoemulsion formulation of Nigella sativa L. essential oil on human breast cancer cells

VS Periasamy, J Athinarayanan, AA Alshatwi - Ultrasonics sonochemistry, 2016 - Elsevier
Nigella sativa L.(NS) is a plant renowned in traditional holistic medicine systems for almost
1400 years because of its remarkable antioxidant, antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and anti …

Nigella plants–Traditional uses, bioactive phytoconstituents, preclinical and clinical studies

B Salehi, C Quispe, M Imran, I Ul-Haq… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Nigella is a small genus of the family Ranunculaceae, which includes some popular species
due to their culinary and medicinal properties, especially in Eastern Europe, Middle East …

In vitro evaluation of cytotoxic activities of essential oil from Moringa oleifera seeds on HeLa, HepG2, MCF-7, CACO-2 and L929 cell lines

EA Elsayed, MA Sharaf-Eldin… - Asian Pacific Journal of …, 2015 - koreascience.kr
Abstract Moringa oleifera Lam.(Moringaceae) is widely consumed in tropical and subtropical
regions for their valuable nutritional and medicinal characteristics. Recently, extensive …

Therapeutic effects of medicinal plants and their constituents on lung cancer, in vitro, in vivo and clinical evidence

A Memarzia, S Saadat, F Asgharzadeh… - Journal of Cellular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The most common type of cancer in the world is lung cancer. Traditional treatments have an
important role in cancer therapy. In the present review, the most recent findings on the …

Anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, and immunomodulatory aspects of Nigella sativa for its preventive and bronchodilatory effects on obstructive respiratory diseases: A …

Z Gholamnezhad, R Keyhanmanesh… - Journal of Functional …, 2015 - Elsevier
Nigella sativa (N. sativa) is one of the most widely used medicinal plants. It has been used
as food additive, preservative, and an herbal remedy for different diseases from ancient time …

North African medicinal plants traditionally used in cancer therapy

JM Alves-Silva, A Romane, T Efferth… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Background: Cancer is a major cause of mortality worldwide with increasing numbers by the
years. In North Africa, the number of cancer patients is alarming. Also shocking is that a …

[HTML][HTML] Cardio-protective and anti-cancer therapeutic potential of Nigella sativa

H Shafiq, A Ahmad, T Masud… - Iranian journal of basic …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Nigella sativa is the miraculous plant having a lot of nutritional and medicinal benefits, and
attracts large number of nutrition and pharmacological researchers. N. sativa seed …