Bioactivities of black cumin essential oil and its main terpenes from Tunisia |
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Authors: | S. Bourgou A. Pichette B. Marzouk J. Legault |
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Affiliation: | 1. Unité des Plantes Aromatiques et Médicinales, Centre de Biotechnologie à la Technopole de Borj-Cedria, 901, Hammam-Lif, Tunisia;2. Laboratoire d''Analyse et de Séparation des Essences Végétales, Département des Sciences Fondamentales, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Chicoutimi, Québec, Canada G7H 2B1 |
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Abstract: | Ex vivo antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anticancer and antibacterial activities of the essential oil from Tunisian Nigella sativa seeds and its main terpenes (p-cymene, γ-terpinene, thymoquinone, β-pinene, carvacrol, terpinen-4-ol and longifolene) were determined. The essential oil exhibited strong ex vivo antioxidant activity, inhibiting DCFH oxidation with an IC50 of 1.0 µg/ml, and high anti-inflammatory activity, inhibiting NO radical excretion with an IC50 value of 6.3 µg/ml. Thymoquinone was found to be the most active to decrease DCFH oxidation and NO excretion. The oil was found to significantly inhibit the growth of A-549 and DLD-1 cancer cell lines (IC50 values of 43.0 and 46.0 µg/ml, respectively) and to exert antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli with IC50 values of 12.0 and 62.0 µg/ml. The anticancer and antibacterial activities could be mainly due to the action of thymoquinone and longifolene. |
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Keywords: | Antibacterial Anticancer Anti-inflammatory Antioxidant Essential oil Nigella sativa L. Terpenes |
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