Phytochemistry, pharmacology, and therapeutic uses of black seed (Nigella sativa)

W Kooti, Z Hasanzadeh-Noohi, N Sharafi-Ahvazi… - Chinese journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Black seed (Nigella sativa) is an annual flowering plant from Ranunculaceae family, native
to southwest Asia. This plant has many food and medicinal uses. The use of its seeds and oil …

Thymoquinone and its therapeutic potentials

S Darakhshan, AB Pour, AH Colagar… - Pharmacological …, 2015 - Elsevier
Herbal medicine has attracted great attention in the recent years and is increasingly used as
alternatives to chemical drugs. Several lines of evidence support the positive impact of …

Preclinical and clinical effects of Nigella sativa and its constituent, thymoquinone: A review

Z Gholamnezhad, S Havakhah… - Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Ethnopharmacological relevance Nigella sativa (N. sativa) L.(Ranunculaceae), well known
as black cumin, has been used as a herbal medicine that has a rich historical background. It …

Therapeutic potential and pharmaceutical development of thymoquinone: a multitargeted molecule of natural origin

SN Goyal, CP Prajapati, PR Gore, CR Patil… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Thymoquinone, a monoterpene molecule is chemically known as 2-methyl-5-isopropyl-1, 4-
benzoquinone. It is abundantly present in seeds of Nigella sativa L. that is popularly known …

Pharmacological and toxicological properties of Nigella sativa

BH Ali, G Blunden - Phytotherapy Research: An international …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
The seeds of Nigella sativa Linn.(Ranunculaceae), commonly known as black seed or black
cumin, are used in folk (herbal) medicine all over the world for the treatment and prevention …

Ethnopharmacological survey of medicinal plants used for the treatment of diabetes mellitus, hypertension and cardiac diseases in the south-east region of Morocco …

M Eddouks, M Maghrani, A Lemhadri… - Journal of …, 2002 - Elsevier
In this study, the medicinal plants used in the treatment of diabetes mellitus, hypertension
and cardiac diseases were inventoried based on the ethnopharmacological survey in south …

Ethnopharmacological survey of plants used in the traditional treatment of hypertension and diabetes in south-eastern Morocco (Errachidia province)

A Tahraoui, J El-Hilaly, ZH Israili, B Lyoussi - Journal of …, 2007 - Elsevier
This survey was undertaken in the Errachidia province in south-eastern Morocco in order to
inventory the main medicinal plants used in folk medicine to treat arterial hypertension and …

Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used for the treatment of diabetes, cardiac and renal diseases in the North centre region of Morocco (Fez–Boulemane)

H Jouad, M Haloui, H Rhiouani, J El Hilaly… - Journal of …, 2001 - Elsevier
In order to make an inventory of herbal remedies commonly used in the treatment of
diabetes, hypertension and renal diseases in the North centre region of Morocco, 1527 …

High performance liquid chromatographic analysis of the pharmacologically active quinones and related compounds in the oil of the black seed (Nigella sativa L.)

OA Ghosheh, AA Houdi, PA Crooks - Journal of pharmaceutical and …, 1999 - Elsevier
An HPLC method for quantifying the putative pharmacologically active constituents:
thymoquinone (TQ), dithymoquinone (DTQ), thymohydroquinone (THQ), and thymol (THY) …

Inhibitive action of some plant extracts on the corrosion of steel in acidic media

AM Abdel-Gaber, BA Abd-El-Nabey, IM Sidahmed… - Corrosion science, 2006 - Elsevier
The effect of extracts of Chamomile (Chamaemelum mixtum L.), Halfabar (Cymbopogon
proximus), Black cumin (Nigella sativa L.), and Kidney bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) plants …