Pharmacological and toxicological properties of Nigella sativa

By B. Ali, G. Blunden. Phytotherapy Research, 2003

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Pharmaceutical and therapeutic Potentials of essential oils and their individual volatile constituents: a review (2007, background): “) was found to decrease plasma concentrations of cholesterol and triglycerides due to the high content of thymoquinone (Ali and Blunden, 2003).”
Chemical investigation of Nigella sativa L. seed oil produced in Morocco (2015, background): “Most of these activities have already been attributed to thymoquinone, a major component of the essential oil of the seeds (Ali and Blunden, 2003).”
Immunomodulatory and therapeutic properties of the Nigella sativa L. seed. (2005, background): “sativa oil has an anti-inflammatory effect relieving the effects of arthritis [28].”
Biological Activities of Essential Oils (2011, background): “Some years later, Ali and Blunden (2003) published a review about the seeds of black cumin, which is used in folk medicine.”
Replacing bacitracin methylene disalicylate by crushed Nigella sativa seeds in broiler rations and its effects on growth, blood constituents and immunity (2009, background): “(Babyan et al., 1978). Takruri and Dameh (1998) had also found that 15 amino acids make-up the proteins of NSS, eight of which are essential for better broiler performance.”