A recent study in 2019-2020 assessed the productivity, quality of fatty and essential oils, mineral composition eight nigella genotypes at Federal State Budget Scientific Institution (FSBSI), Research Institute Agriculture Crimea, Simferopol, Russia. Of genotypes, two cultivars originated from Russia (Nigella sativa cv. ‘Krymchanka,’ Nigella damascena ‘Yalita’), one each six European-Asian coun...

38 Abstract Alloxan (180mg/Kg] I.V is an effective diabetogenic agent that induces diabetes mellitus in rabbits. Ninety healthy male rabbits were involved in this study. The plasma glucose levels were measured in normal and in diabetic rabbits after giving alloxan and following the administration of glibenclamide, insulin and the aqueous extract of medicinal plants. Insulin (2IU/Kg] S.C produc...

BACKGROUND To screen methanolic extracts of 26 commonly used Indian spices against nine species of uropathogenic bacteria (Enterococcus faecalis, Staphylococcus aureus, Acinetobacter baumannii, Citrobacter freundii, Enterobacter aerogenes, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Proteus mirabilis, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa), isolated from clinical samples of a tertiary care hospital for antib...

Effects of Nigella sativa Allelochemical Substances on Growth-Inhibiting Flixweed Compared With Wheat (Triticum aestivum)

The antimicrobial effects of extracts of A. sativum and P. emblica, against pathogenic Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas sp., Klebsiella sp, Salmonella typhi, Salmonella paratyphi, Salmonella sp., Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus cereus were investigated using the agar well and disc diffusion method. Aqueous extracts of A. sativum and P. emblica were more effective than ethanolic ...

In this review, we summarized published reports that investigated the role of Nigella sativa (NS) and its active constituent, thymoquinone (TQ) in oral health and disease management. The literature studies were preliminary and scanty, but the results revealed that black seed plants have a potential therapeutic effect for oral and dental diseases. Such results are encouraging for the incorporati...

BACKGROUND AND THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY It has been shown that Nigella sativa L. and Portulaca oleracea L. have many antioxidant components. In the present study, the cytoprotective effect of ethanolic and aqueous extracts of N.sativa and P.oleracea against hemolytic damages induced by free radical initiator, AAPH [2, 2' azobis (2- amidinopropane) hydrochloride] was evaluated. METHODS Hemolys...

Over many centuries humans have been mining the bounties of nature for discovering substances that have been used for the treatment of all human diseases; many such remedies are useful even today as modern day medicine. Emerging evidence also suggests that the search is still continuing for harnessing active compounds from nature in combating human illnesses although pharmaceutical industries a...

BACKGROUND In previous studies, the bronchodilator and antitussive effects of Nigella sativa have been demonstrated on guinea pigs. OBJECTIVES In the present study, the effect of the hydroethanolic extract of N. sativa on tracheal responsiveness in guinea pigs exposed to cigarette smoke was examined. MATERIALS AND METHODS Three groups of guinea pig models of COPD were given drinking water a...

Background Thymoquinone is one of the active ingredients of black cumin (Nigella sativa L.) essential oil possessing antiinflammatory, antineoplastic, neuroand hepatoprotective properties. Some of these properties were attributed to an antioxidant activity of thymoquinone, which seems to be unlikely from its structure. Because the lipophilic thymoquinone exhibits a structural similarity with th...