This study was carried out to determine in vitro development using Black cumin leaf and stem explants. ?ameli black variety used as plant material. Five different nutrient mediums (1. LS2.5, 2. MS, 3. MS + 0.5 mg.l-1 IAA, 4. BAP, 5. IAA BAP) containing 30 g sugar were this study. As a result of the research, 100% callus formation detected explants cultured number 1 5 mediums. These followed by ...

Water deficit stress, permanent or temporary, limits the growth and the distribution of natural vegetation and the performance of cultivated plants more than any other environmental factors. Mechanism involved is still not clear. In order to investigate the effect of different irrigation intervals and anti-transpirants compoundson yield and yield components of Black Cumin (Nigella sativa</e...

application of most antibiotic growth promoters as feed additives has been banned in a lot of countries due to cross-resistance against pathogens and residues in tissues. therefore, scientists are searching for alternatives to antibiotics nowadays. medicinal plant extracts are one of the alternatives that have anti-microbial and growth promoting effect on poultry. in this paper, the benefits of...

Spices have been widely used as food flavorings and folk medicines for thousands of years. Numerous studies have documented the antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory effects of spices, which might be related to prevention and treatment of several cancers, including lung, liver, breast, stomach, colorectum, cervix, and prostate cancers. Several spices are potential sources for prev...

Diet is one of the important factors in cancer etiology and prevention. The Indian diet is particularly interesting in its many unique dietary constituents, including spices like chili pepper, cloves, black pepper and black cumin, that have promise as chemopreventive agents. The objective of the present study was to compare the in vitro anticancer activities of aqueous and ethanolic extracts ag...

Cumin seeds may have been exposed to a high level of bacterial contamination and presence of pathogenic organisms could potentially create a public health risk. Apart from the public health, heavy microbial contamination is also a crucial problem in exportation. Most microorganisms contaminating the cumin seeds reside on the surface, and generally inner parts of the seeds are free from the micr...

Introduction Cumin (Cuminum cyminum L.) is a commercial plant which is valued for its aroma and its medicinal and therapeutic properties. Although India has been the primary exporter of cumin seeds and cumin oil in the world. However Turkey and Iran are providing stiff competition now. India, Turkey, Syria, China, the US, Iran, Indonesia, Sudan, Egypt, Morocco, Algeria, and Libya are the leadin...

Cumin (Cuminum cyminum L.) is one of the most important cultivable medicinal plants in Iran and today, it is the second most popular spice in the world after black pepper. It is essential to know the relationships between yield and its components in cumin breeding programs. Therefore, different multivariate statistical analysis was performed on plant characters in cumin to determine th...