background: despite availability and administration of numerous antiepileptic drugs (aeds) nearly 15% of childhood epilepsy cases are resistant to treatment; in traditional medicine however nigella sativa l. (black seed) has been known for its anticonvulsant effects. materials and methods: in this double-blind clinical trial conducted on children with refractory epilepsy we administered the aqu...

The Nigella sativa L. popularly referred to as black seeds are widely used as a form of traditional nutrition and medicine. N. sativa seeds were used for the extraction of their oil by way of supercritical fluid extraction (SFE) and cold press (CP) to determine the physicochemical properties, antioxidant activity, and thermal behavior. The GC-MS results showed the primary constituents in the Ni...

Nigella sativa L. (Ranunculaceae) seeds (black cumin) that contain high oil, terpene, protein, alkaloids are an economically important for medicine and food industry. Lack of an efficient DNA isolation procedure is a limiting factor for any molecular studies of these plant. We have used a genomic DNA isolation protocol for Nigella sativa seeds based on a hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB...

OBJECTIVES Nigella sativa (N. sativa) is an amazing herb which is used in traditional medicine for a wide range of illnesses including bronchial asthma, dysentery, gastrointestinal problems, as well as beneficial effect on blood lipids, lowering blood pressure, serum cholesterol, and triglycerides level. This study aimed to determine the toxic effect of N. sativa powder on the kidney function w...

OBJECTIVE To study the effects of two, months Nigella sativa (N. sativa) oral supplementation to normal rats on cardiac haemodynamics in vivo, the ionotropic and chronotropic properties of the isolated hearts in vitro, and the cardiac responsiveness to progressive adrenergic stimulation by isoproterenol. METHODS The cardiac workload, after 2 months of N. sativa oral supplementation to normal ...

Improving the immune system in fish as an effort to prevent from disease attacks caused by pathogenic organisms, because on are projected continue grow and cause mass death of cultured fish. Giving immunostimulants additives feed can be a strategy improve fish's system. Immunostimulants compounds that able increase non-specific response or innate response. Nigella sativa L known

conclusions: nigella sativa oil and fish oil were effective in reduction the size of patient’s lesions; however, nigella sativa was more effective in comparison to the fish oil. therefore, using nigella sativa with the major drugs in the treatment of vitiligo is recommended. background: vitiligo is one of the autoimmune skin diseases that destroy the melanocytes of the skin. moreover, its preva...

Backgound: The major obstacle limiting the use of aminoglycoside, antibiotics has been and continues to be the possibility of drug induced ototoxicity and nephrotoxicity. Study dsign: Changes in biochemical parameters related to nephropathy before and after of nigella sativa were observed. Material and methods: Ten rabbits were included in the study, comprised as group 1 and 11. Group I was onl...

BACKGROUND Nigella sativa (black cumin) and Cinnamomum cassia (Cinnamon) are an integral part of the Indian diet, and have also been sourced in the ayurveda, the traditional Indian system of medicine, for their medicinal properties. Both the herbs individually have been successfully evaluated for their preliminary antidiabetic potential. OBJECTIVE Herein, we dived deeper into antidiabetic pro...

Acoustic trauma is a common reason for hearing loss. Different agents are used to prevent the harmful effect of acoustic trauma on hearing. The aim of this study was to evaluate the potential preventive effect of Nigella sativa (black cumin) oil in acoustic trauma. Our experimental study was conducted with 20 Sprague Downey female rats (mean age, 12 months; mean weight 250 g). All of the proced...