Release Date: 2024-06-10

Nigella Sativa L. (Black Seed)

Pervin Rayaman (Author)

Release Date: 2024-06-10

Nigella sativa, known also as black seed or black cumin is found in Middle Europe, North America, Middle East, North and East Africa, South and Southwest Asia Black seed grows in a terrestrial environment and is a plant which is annual and flowering used broadly for medical purposes.N. sativa has been comprehensively researched for its [...]

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    First Page153
    Last Page164
    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.69860/nobel.9786053359340.10
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    Nigella sativa, known also as black seed or black cumin is found in Middle Europe, North America, Middle East, North and East Africa, South and Southwest Asia Black seed grows in a terrestrial environment and is a plant which is annual and flowering used broadly for medical purposes.N. sativa has been comprehensively researched for its biological activities and therapeutic value. It has been found to have a wide range of effects, most important of which are their anticancer, antihypertensive, antiasthmatic, antidiabetic, and immunomodulatory ones. Additionally, it is known that black seed has analgesic, antibacterial, antifungal, anthelmintic, spasmolytic, bronchodilator, gastroprotective, hepatoprotective, nephroprotective and antioxidant activities.

    Pervin Rayaman (Author)
    Assistant Professor, Marmara University
    https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0487-8692
    3Pervin Rayaman accomplished her doctorate in 2010 at Marmara University, Faculty of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology. In 2015, she was appointed as an assistant professor in the same department. Her areas of expertise are the antimicrobial activity of probiotic microorganisms, the effects of various medicinal plants and pure phenolic compounds on the immune system cells,probiotic microorganisms and also the antibiotic resistance of varios probiotic and pathogenic microorganisms.

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