introduction during the last decades interest in organic production of seed specially for medicinal plants take into consideration because of higher quality of organic products (hermes, 2010). seed germination is one of the principal stages in the plant life cycle and seeds with higher quality and vigour resulted in more pronounced seedlings growth and development. therefore, investigation of a...

Black cumin ( Nigella sativa ) is an important medicinal plant in the pharmacological industry. It cultivated on a commercial scale, but its seeds have slow, unsynchronized germination rate. Enhancing seed crucial for improving production of black cumin. The influence presowing treatments [gibberellic acid (GA 3 ), potassium nitrate, salicylic acid, and stratification at 4 °C] was assessed. See...

Water stress may affect the growth, physiology, morphology, biochemistry, and productivity of Nigella sativa (black cumin), a medicinal aromatic plant. Measuring these parameters under various irrigation regimes could provide useful information for successful genotype selection breeding. Therefore, agronomically significant features were evaluated in ten black cumin genotypes (Afghanistan, Paki...

Centratherum anthelminticum commonly known as ‘black cumin’, a traditional Ayurvedic medicine, has been used for centuries for curing common ailments such as fever, cough, and diarrhoea, and its is also used as a general tonic. A wide range of secondary metabolites such as: aliphatic fatty acids, flavones, saponins, steroids and glycosides have been reported from the C. anthelminticum. Its extr...

OBJECTIVES Paraoxanase 1 (PON1) plays a protective role against the oxidative modification of plasma lipoproteins and hydrolyzes lipid peroxides in human atherosclerotic lesions. Cumin is the dried seed of the herb Cuminumcyminum that is known as Zeera in Iran. Cumin seeds contain flavonoids which are now generally recognized to have antioxidant activity and improve the antioxidant system. So, ...

Green cumin is an herbaceous, annual, delicate, and aromatic plant in the family Apiaceae, also known with other names such as " kammun " and "senut", which is among the oldest and most economical as well as the second most popular medicinal plants after black pepper. In this study, pretreatment of cumin seed was studied with plasma technology without using chemicals through damage to seed for ...

Medicinal values of spices and condiments are being revived by biologists through in vitro and in vivo trials providing evidence for its antimicrobial activities. The essential oils and extracts of spices like black pepper, cloves, cinnamon, and nutmeg contain active compounds like piperine, eugenol, cinnamaldehyde, and lignans. Similarly, condiments like coriander, black cumin, turmeric, garli...

Diabetes is one of the most common metabolic diseases in the world. Vitamin E reduces protein glycation and improves insulin sensitivity, while cumin is effective in remission of diabetes. Therefore this study was designed to evaluate the effects of vitamin E and cumin essential oil, on the blood level of leptin,glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1C) and also on lipid profile in diabetic patients.In t...

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...

The main objective of this study was to determine the effects of Nitrogen fixing bacteria and manure application on the seed yield and yield components in black cumin (Nigella sativa L.). The experiment was carried out at the RAN Research Station in Firouzkouh in 2012. A 4×4 factorial experiment, arranged in a randomized complete blocks designed with three replications. The treatments ...