Thymoquinone Benefits

The Health Benefits of Black Seeds Oil Capsules

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