Objective: Nigella Sativa (N. Sativa) seeds were used in traditional medicine for the treatment of a variety of diseases. The seed extracts and oil of this plant have shown various pharmacological properties including antimicrobial actions. In this study, the in vitro and in vivo antibacterial effects of methanol extract of the seeds against pathogenic bacteria causing mastitis in cows have bee...

Jinten hitam ( Nigella sativa ) is one of the medicinal plants in family Ranunculaceae, native to Mediterranean region and several regions Asia. The seed widely cultivated, distributed, used pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, food industries. Due similar morphology its potential adulterant such as Corchorus spp., N. seeds are susceptible adulteration substitution markets. Molecular markers have become...

Background and Aim: Nigella sativa with anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial effects is one of the most widely used medicinal plants that can be used as an alternative or adjunctive therapy due to many side effects of chemical drugs. The aim of this study was to evaluate the regenerative and protective effects of Nigella sativa from pathological point of view in rat gastrointestinal tract. Mate...

Kidney stones are not only a widespread problem now, but have been for centuries. Many of the plants used historically now found to be effective in reducing risk and stone size modern clinical trials. Both recurrence after removal important. Certain medical shown slow formation calcium oxalate crystals. Several these also antioxidant antimicrobial effects. The with best trials supporting precli...

background: nigella sativa (n. sativa) seeds are used to treat diabetes mellitus in traditional medicine. moreover, n. sativa oil has reduced the fasting blood glucose level in non-diabetic volunteers. objective: the present study was undertaken to explore the possible anti-hyperglycemic effect of n. sativa oil in type ii diabetic patients. methods: a randomized clinical trial was conducted in ...

objectives: dependence and tolerance are major restricting factors in the clinical use of opioid analgesics. in the present study, the effects of thymoquinone, the major constituent of nigella sativa seeds, on morphine dependence and tolerance were investigated in mice. materials and methods: male adult nmri mice were made tolerant and dependent by repeated injections of morphine (50, 50, and 7...

objective: inflammation and oxidative stress is considered to have a crucial role in induction of nephropathy. curcuma longa (c. longa) and nigella sativa (n. sativa) have anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects. this study was designed to investigate the effect of mixed hydro-alcoholic extract of n.sativa and c. longa on the oxidative stress induced by adriamycin (adr) in rat kidney. materia...

BACKGROUND Natural products are proved to play a good role as an alternative to synthetic chemicals in many clinical conditions. Hypercholesterolemia is the most important risk factor for atherosclerosis. Previous studies showed that Nigella sativa L. has both antioxidant and lipid lowering potentials. THE AIM OF THIS STUDY To evaluate the efficacy of the seeds of Nigella sativa on the treatm...