The seed extracts of Nigella sativa (black cumin) have been used in different civilizations around the world for centuries to treat various animal and human ailments. C. albicans is a member normal microbiome, but under certain circumstances it can cause infections that range from superficial skin life-threatening systemic infections. Resistance antifungal drugs has on increase recent years. Se...

The most important reason mentioned for the early discontinuation of breast feeding and introduction of supplementary bottles is Perceived Insufficient Milk (PIM), which is relatively common in women. This is of public health concern because the use of breast milk substitutes increases the risk of morbidity and mortality among infants in developing countries and shortens birth intervals. Thus, ...

soil and water salinity in arid and semi-arid regions, is one of the most important stresses, can severely limit crop production. black cumin (nigella sativa l.) is annual important herbal plant in rununculaceae family that sense to salinity. this study was conducted to evaluate the effects of the priming on seed germination of black cumin under saline stress. the experiment was carried out as ...

The current research work aimed to access the contamination level of aflatoxins B1, B2, G1, and G2 in the household spices that are widely consumed in huge amounts. 200 different spice samples, 100 packed and 100 unpacked, were analyzed for the aflatoxins profile by HPLC with an incidence of 61.5% contamination out of which 53.66% samples exceed the EU limit. The results disclosed that the unpa...

Cumin is an annual, herbaceous, medicinal, aromatic, spice glycophyte that contains diverse applications as a food and flavoring additive, and therapeutic agents. An efficient, less time consuming, Agrobacterium-mediated, a tissue culture-independent in planta genetic transformation method was established for the first time using cumin seeds. The SbNHX1 gene, cloned from an extreme halophyte Sa...

This study aimed to determine the effect of black cumin extract (Nigella sativa) on histopathological liver and kidneys in albino rats exposed organophosphates. used 20 male mice divided into five treatment groups, i.e. (K-) without organophosphate cumin, (K+) induced by 40 mg/kg BW, group BW as therapy (P1 ) 200 (P2) 400 (P3) 600 BW. Organophosphate administration for eight weeks seed was give...

Cuminum cyminum and Carum carvi are the sources of cumin and caraway seeds respectively, which have been used since antiquity for the treatment of various indications in traditional healing systems in wide geographical areas. Cumin and caraway seeds are rich sources of essential oils and have been actively researched for their chemical composition and biological activities. In recent times (esp...