The present study applied the microscopic powder identification technique to determining the adulterated seasoning powders from several plant origins, such as chili, pepper, cumin and mustard. The microscope observation results showed that the chili powder were adulterated with the fragments of plant straws, foliage and other substances; the pepper powder were adulterated with starch, straws an...

In our study, it was aimed to investigate the antimicrobial effect of 6 plant extracts obtained with methanol by using maceration and soxlet methods from 3 species Nigellla sativa (Black seed), Cuminum cuminum (cumin) Pimpinella anisum (anise) grown in Kırıkkale province liquid microdilution method against Staphylococcus aureus (ATCC 25923) Escherichia coli 25922). All (black cumin), (Cuminum) ...

introduction cumin (cuminum cyminum l.) is an annual plant that commonly cultivated in arid and semiarid regions of iran. the crop has a wide range of uses including medicinal, cosmetic and food industry. cumin occupies about 26% of total area devoted to medicinal plants in iran. however, cumin is seriously affected by the fusarium wilt and blight diseases. the diseases usually increase under w...

objectives: the purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of cuminum cyminum (c. cyminum) essential oil on the growth and fum1 gene expression of fumonisin-producing fusarium verticillioides (f. verticillioides) strains isolated from maize. materials and methods: all fungal strains were cultured on potato dextrose agar (pda) slopes at 30°c for 7 days. the antifungal activity was evaluate...

Most of the bacterial pathogens are resistant to existing synthetic antibacterial agents demanding an increasing effort to seek effective phytochemicals as antibacterial agents against such pathogens. Nigella sativa L. (black cumin) seeds play an important role in folk medicine and some of its major constituents are reported to be pharmacologically active. In this present work, black cumin seed...

The present research was aimed to evaluate an interactive effect of cage density and level of dietary black cumin (BC) on productive efficiency of broiler chickens. A total of 270 broiler chickens (initial body weight of 163.12 ± 8.10g) were allocated into a completely randomized design with a 3 x 3 factorial pattern. The first factor was the cage density (bird/m2) namely, D1 = 8; D2 = 10, and ...

in order to study different arrangements and weed controls effects on mung bean (vigna radiate l. wilczek) – black cumin (nigella sativa l.) intercropping an experiment was conducted at the research station of faculty of agriculture, ferdowsi university of mashhad, iran, during growing season 2005 – 2006. sixteen treatments comprising combinations of eight sowing patterns [a1: sole black cumin,...

Natural antimicrobials as well as essential oils (EOs) have gained interest to inhibit pathogenic microorganisms and to control food borne diseases. Campylobacter spp. are one of the most common causative agents of gastroenteritis. In this study, cardamom, cumin, and dill weed EOs were evaluated for their antibacterial activities against Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli by using agar...

diabetes is one of the most common metabolic diseases in the world. vitamin e reduces protein glycation and improves insulin sensitivity, while cumin is effective in remission of diabetes. therefore this study was designed to evaluate the effects of vitamin e and cumin essential oil, on the blood level of leptin,glycosylated hemoglobin (hba1c) and also on lipid profile in diabetic patients.in t...