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Mitigation of cadmium-induced lung injury by Nigella sativa oil

Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2016
Induction of oxidative stress and inflammation are considered the primary mechanism of cadmium (Cd) toxicity. Nigella sativa (NS) seeds and their oil (NSO) have been reported to possess antioxidant and anti-inflammatory potential. This study was conducted to assess the protective effect of NSO on Cd-induced lung damage in rat.
Ahmad A, El-Ebiary, Sabah, El-Ghaiesh, Ehab, Hantash, Suliman, Alomar   +3 more
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[Bullous drug eruption with Nigella sativa oil].

Annales de dermatologie et de venereologie, 2012
Nigella sativa is classically used for its various therapeutic properties, particularly in the field of allergic diseases. We report a case of bullous eruption following application of Nigella sativa oil to the skin, possibly involving an associated systemic mechanism linked to ingestion of the oil.A 53-year-old woman was hospitalized for febrile rash ...
P, Gelot, C, Bara-Passot, E, Gimenez-Arnau, N, Beneton, H, Maillard, P, Celerier   +5 more
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Micro- and Nano-encapsulation of Nigella sativa Oil

2020
The seeds of Nigella sativa L. (family Ranunculaceae) are considered to be the source of unique crude oil with nutraceutical and pharmaceutical activities. That oil is composed mainly of a fixed oil fraction (triglyceride) accompanied with a minor fraction of volatile oil and traces of phytosterols, flavonoids and saponins.
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Effects of Nigella sativa fixed oil on blood homeostasis in rat

Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2002
We investigated the effects of the fixed oil of Nigella sativa seeds in rats by monitoring blood homeostasis and body weight as well as toxicity. Animals were treated daily with an oral dose of 1 ml/kg body weight of the N. sativa seed fixed oil for 12 weeks. Changes in key hepatic enzymes levels were not observed in N.
A, Zaoui, Y, Cherrah, K, Alaoui, N, Mahassine, H, Amarouch, M, Hassar   +5 more
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Oral Nigella sativa oil ameliorates ovalbumin-induced bronchial asthma in mice

International Immunopharmacology, 2012
Nigella sativa oil (NSO) is used in folk medicine as a therapy for many diseases including bronchial asthma. We investigated the possible modulating effects of NSO on asthma-like phenotypes in a mouse model of bronchial asthma. BALB/c mice were actively sensitized by intraperitoneal injections of 50 μg ovalbumin (OVA) with 1mg alum on days 0 and 12 ...
Mohamed Fathy, Balaha, Hiroyuki, Tanaka, Hirotaka, Yamashita, Mohamed Nabih, Abdel Rahman, Naoki, Inagaki   +4 more
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Antifungal activities of the oils of Nigella sativa seeds.

Pakistan journal of pharmaceutical sciences, 2006
Antifungal activities of the oils of N. sativa seeds were tested against twenty fungi including pathogenic and industrial strains. All the oils were found to have significant activities against the fungi, but the volatile oil showed stronger and wider range of antifungal activities.
S K, Islam, M, Ahsan, C M, Hassan, M A, Malek   +3 more
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Mitigating Radiation Induced Xerostomia with Nigella Sativa Oil

International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, 2020
Y.M. Alhiyari, K. Kwan, B. Cameron, M. St John   +3 more
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Volatile compounds of black cumin (Nigella sativa L.) seeds cultivated in Bangladesh and India

Heliyon, 2020
Yearul Kabir
exaly  

Black Cumin (Nigella sativa) Oils

2016
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Anti-Inflammatory, Anti-Arthritic and Anti-Nociceptive Activities of Nigella sativa Oil in a Rat Model of Arthritis

Antioxidants, 2019
Cinzia Nasuti, Donatella Fedeli, Laura Bordoni   +2 more
exaly