Nigella sativa is the botanical name of black seed. Black seeds are also called as black cumin, black caraway, kalonji, fennel flower or black onion seeds. The seed comes from a flowering plant (part of the Ranunculacea family) native to southwest Asia and the Mediterranean.

• Black seed oil has been used traditionally for thousands of years-as natural remedy for a wide range of ailments.
• The active chemical constituents in Black seed oil are thymoquinone, p-cymene, carvacrol, α-pinene and thymol etc.
• Most of the pharmacological activities of black seed oil are attributed to the thymoqunine (TQ).

TQ is the main ingredient of the volatile oil and has a plenty of pharmacological benefits such as being hepato-protective, possesses anti-inflammatory properties, antibacterial, and antifungal properties. Black seed oil is rich in anti-oxidants that protect the body from the harms of free-radicals. Free-radicals are highly unstable species that cause