Objectives: Diabetes is one of the most common metabolic diseases in the world. It affects 6.6% of world population and about 3 million individuals in Iran. Nowadays chemical and herbal medicines are widely prescribed to cure obesity. In Iran, cumin (Cuminum Cyminum L.) is a plant used in traditional medicine to cure obesity, and some of the new studies have suggested that cumin has a role in d...

This study was conducted to assess the effects of irrigation and plant growth promoting bactera on seed yield and qualitative characteristics of Black cumin (Nigella sativa L.) at the Experimental Station of the Research Institute of Forest and Rangeland, Damavan region, Iran. A split-plot experimental design, based on Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three replications, was used. I...

Black Cumin (Nigella sativa L.) is one of the essential spice plants used in Turkey. The present study investigated yield and some agronomic, morphological, qualitative characteristics 31 different black cumin genotypes (30 lines control variety Çameli) domestic foreign origin under ecological conditions city Ankara. was carried out experimental areas İkizce Research Application farm Ankara Fie...

BACKGROUND Bitter cumin (Centratherum anthelminticum (L.) Kuntze), is a medicinally important plant. Earlier, we have reported phenolic compounds, antioxidant, and anti-hyperglycemic, antimicrobial activity of bitter cumin. In this study we have further characterized the antioxidative activity of bitter cumin extracts in various in vitro models. METHODS Bitter cumin seeds were extracted with ...

Non-thermal inactivation of courgette peroxidase enzyme: Response surface modeling the effect cumin, fennel and clove essential oils

The aim of this study was to determine the effects dietary supplementation black cumin (Nigella sativa L.) (BCEO) and cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum essential oils (CEO) on yield performance, egg quality eggshell bacterial contamination laying hens. A total 315 Atak-S, 28-weeks-old age were randomly assigned three groups with 5 replicates 21 hens each fed diets supplemented 0.5 ml/kg feed oil ...

The objective of this study was to determine the effects of various levels of dietary black cumin seed on egg production, egg weight, feed conversion ratio, egg shell quality, and egg yolk cholesterol. In this study, eighty 27-wk-old laying hens (Hyline-5 White) were randomly assigned into 4 groups with 4 replicates of 5 birds each (20 laying hens per group) and fed diets supplemented with 1, 2...