Review of Pharmacological and Toxicological Effects of Nigella sativa and Its Active Constituents

Nigella sativa is an annual plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to southern Europe, north Africa and southwest Asia. N. sativa seeds contain fixed oils, proteins, alkaloids (such as nigellicine and nigellidine), quinones (such as thymoquinone), saponin and essential oil. In traditional medicin...

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Main Authors: T Ziaee, N Moharreri, H Hosseinzadeh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institue of Medicinal Plants, ACECR 2012-05-01
Series:Journal of Medicinal Plants
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Online Access:http://jmp.ir/article-1-158-en.html