The seeds of Nigella sativa L. (Ranunculaceae), commonly known as black cumin and Habat Al-barkah in Saudi Arabia, are used extensively for flavouring medicinal purposes. This work reported the study physiochemical properties seed oil (BCSO). results hexane extraction showed that rich (43.7%). All samples show high saponification values low unsaponification values. High iodine (122.7 mg/100 g) ...

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 composition shows that it is the blessing of nature and it contains and many bioactive compounds like thymoquinone, α-hederin, alkaloids, flavonoids, antioxidants, fatty acids many other compounds that have positive eff...

Nigella sativa (NS) (Ranunculaceae family) is generally utilized as a therapeutic plant all over the world. The seeds of the plant have a long history of use in different frameworks of medicines and food. In Islamic literature, it is considered as one of the greatest forms of therapeutics. It has been widely used to treat nervous system diseases such as memory impairment, epilepsy, neurotoxicit...