thymoquinone: an emerging natural drug with a wide range of medical applications

نویسندگان

mohannad khader department of medical laboratory sciences, faculty of allied medical sciences, arab american university- jenin, jenin, palestine

peter m eckl division of genetics, department of cell biology, university of salzburg, hellbrunnerstrasse 34, a-5020 salzburg, austria

چکیده

nigella sativa has attracted healers in ancient civilizations and researchers in recent times. traditionally, it has been used in different forms to treat many diseases including asthma, hypertension, diabetes, inflammation, cough, bronchitis, headache, eczema, fever, dizziness and influenza. experimentally, it has been demonstrated that n. sativa extracts and the main constituent of their volatile oil, thymoquinone, possess antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and hepatoprotective properties. in this review we aimed at summarizing the most recent investigations related to a few and most important effects of thymoquinone. it is concluded that thymoquinone has evidently proved its activity as hepatoprotective, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, cytotoxic and anti-cancer chemical, with specific mechanisms of action, which provide support to consider this compound as an emerging drug.  further research is required to make thymoquinone a pharmaceutical preparation ready for clinical trials.

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iranian journal of basic medical sciences

جلد ۱۷، شماره ۱۲، صفحات ۹۵۰-۹۵۷

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