Essential oils and anxiolytic aromatherapy

WN Setzer - Natural product communications, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
A number of essential oils are currently in use as aromatherapy agents to relieve anxiety,
stress, and depression. Popular anxiolytic oils include lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) …

The Role of Nigella sativa and Its Active Constituents in Learning and Memory

MKA Sahak, N Kabir, G Abbas… - Evidence‐Based …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The loss of the ability for learning and memory is a prominent feature of dementia, which
affects millions of individuals all over the world, due to either neurodegenerative diseases or …

Thymoquinone produced antianxiety-like effects in mice through modulation of GABA and NO levels

N Gilhotra, D Dhingra - Pharmacological Reports, 2011 - Springer
The aim of the present study was to investigate the role of GABAergic and nitriergic
modulation in the antianxiety effect of thymoquinone, a major constituent of Nigella sativa, in …

Nigella sativa L. seeds modulate mood, anxiety and cognition in healthy adolescent males

MSB Sayeed, T Shams, SF Hossain… - Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Ethnopharmacological relevance Previous studies conducted on animals linked
consumption of Nigella sativa L. seeds (NS) to decreased anxiety and improved memory …

[PDF][PDF] Repeated administration of Nigella sativa decreases 5-HT turnover and produces anxiolytic effects in rats

T Perveen, S Haider, S Kanwal, DJ Haleem - Pak J Pharm Sci, 2009 - academia.edu
The black cumin or Nigella sativa L. seeds have many acclaimed medicinal properties.
Pharmacological studies have been conducted on the aqueous and methanol extracts of N …

Nigella sativa Oil Enhances the Spatial Working Memory Performance of Rats on a Radial Arm Maze

MKA Sahak, AM Mohamed, NH Hashim… - Evidence‐Based …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Nigella sativa, an established historical and religion‐based remedy for a wide range of
health problems, is a herbal medicine known to have antioxidant and neuroprotective …

Aromas influencing the GABAergic system

N Hartley, CS McLachlan - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Aromas have a powerful influence in our everyday life and are known to exhibit an array of
pharmacological properties, including anxiolytic, anti-stress, relaxing, and sedative effects …

[HTML][HTML] Nigella sativa as an anti-inflammatory and promising remyelinating agent in the cortex and hippocampus of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis …

HM Fahmy, NA Noor, FF Mohammed… - The Journal of Basic & …, 2014 - Elsevier
Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) is a well-established animal model of
multiple sclerosis. This study aimed to investigate the protective and therapeutic effects of …

Stability‐indicating ultra‐performance liquid chromatography method for the estimation of thymoquinone and its application in biopharmaceutical studies

SA Pathan, GK Jain, SMA Zaidi, S Akhter… - Biomedical …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Thymoquinone (THQ) is known for its neuroprotective and anti‐convulsant properties in
preclinical studies. We herewith describe a simple, rapid, selective, sensitive and stability …

[HTML][HTML] Neuroprotective effects of Nigella sativa extracts during germination on central nervous system

MH Islam, IZ Ahmad, MT Salman - Pharmacognosy magazine, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Nigella sativa Linn. which has many acclaimed medicinal properties is an
indigenous herbaceous plant and belongs to the Ranunculaceae family, which grows in …