This review describes protective role and related mechanism of thymoquinone against liver injuries. - GreenMedInfo Summary
An overview on hepatoprotective effects of thymoquinone.
Recent Pat Food Nutr Agric. 2018 Feb 20. Epub 2018 Feb 20. PMID: 29473535
Tahereh Farkhondeh
Liver as an essential organ has an important function in metabolism and waste secretion from the body. Disorders of this organ may caused by several reasons such as high alcoholic consumption, various chemical or microbial agents and various hepatic cancers. Reactive and oxidative stress and oxygen species (ROS) are introduced the main mechanisms of these hepatic injuries. The seeds of Nigella sativa (Family Ranunculaceae) which is known as black seed, is widely used as a medicinal herb for cure or prevention of many of diseases such as liver problems. Thymoquinone (TQ) as a bioactive phytochemical constituent of Nigella sativa has hepatoprotective effects against of injures through different mechanisms including radical scavenging. This review describes protective role and related mechanism of TQ against liver injuries.