Spices are normally used for flavor to make food aromatic, hot, savory and sweet. not only add aroma the but also give a lot of health benefits nutritional values. Some spices in Egypt cinnamon, cumin, turmeric, black cumin etc. Many people do know importance its effect on immune system. The main aim is high light role commonly immunity. In this review we list some bakery products that use can ...

Background: Stevia is nontoxic and non-caloric sweetens nearly 300 times more sweetener than any other source. Numerous health benefits for chronic patients its reach source of essential nutrients pooling the world. Objective: This study tried analyzed effect black cumin added in stevia apple jam place sugar as functional ingredient due to promoting effects case hypertension. Method: A stevia-s...

Six rare naturally occurring indazole-type alkaloids including two new compounds, 17-O-(β-d-glucopyranosyl)-4-O-methylnigellidine (1) and nigelanoid (2), and four known compounds (3-6) were isolated from a defatted extract of Nigella sativa (black cumin) seeds. 17-O-(β-d-Glucopyranosyl)-4-O-methylnigellidine (1) increased glucose consumption by liver hepatocytes (HepG2 cells) through activation...

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 ...

The present study was carried out to evaluate the possible synergistic interactions on antibacterial and antioxidant efficacy of essential oils of some selected spices and herbs [bay leaf, black pepper, coriander (seed and leaf), cumin, garlic, ginger, mustard, onion and turmeric] in combination. Antibacterial combination effect was evaluated against six important food-borne bacteria (Bacillus ...

This study was performed to evaluate the phenolic profile, antioxidant and diuretic effects of black cumin and lady-in-a-mist seeds. In the phenolic profile, differences between the two species are significant. Qualitative and quantitative analyses of the phenolic compounds were performed using a HPLC-UV/MS method. Hyperoside was the only identified flavonoid glycoside (1.08 ± 0.01 μg∙g-1 dw pl...

Black cumin (Nigella sativa) is a spice having medicinal properties with pungent and bitter odour. It is used since thousands of years to treat various ailments, including cancer mainly in South Asia and Middle Eastern regions. Substantial evidence in multiple research studies emphasizes about the therapeutic importance of bioactive principles of N. sativa in cancer bioassays; however, the exac...

A total of 270 fingerlings of Asian sea bass (Lates calcarifer) were allotted into three equal treatments with three equal replicates for each to investigate the effect of dietary supplementation of two levels of Black cumin seeds (Nigella sativa) and Turmeric (Curcuma longa) mixture (BTM) on growth performance and blood chemistry throughout the experimental period (98 days). Fish of the first ...

In this study, the effects of pulps obtained after cold press oil production was tested as edible fish coating material. It determined by PV and TBARS values that waste pulp prevented undesirable quality changes due to lipid oxidation. While process with black cumin, pumpkin seed poppy stopped YM development, lowest TVC were observed in groups. Sensory results showed use plant extended shelf li...

Background Thymoquinone is one of the active ingredients of black cumin (Nigella sativa L.) essential oil possessing antiinflammatory, antineoplastic, neuroand hepatoprotective properties. Some of these properties were attributed to an antioxidant activity of thymoquinone, which seems to be unlikely from its structure. Because the lipophilic thymoquinone exhibits a structural similarity with th...