Help fight cancer

The black seed oil has been demonstrated to aid in the natural treatment of cancer because of its powerful polyphenols and antioxidant properties. Using an animal model study, Croatian researchers examined the anticancer effect of thymoquinone and thymohydroquinone and found that these two phytochemicals present in black seed oil led to a 52 percent reduction in tumor cells. Thymoquinone, the most prevalent bioactive compound in oil from black seed, has been shown in recent in vitro studies to assist in the induction of apoptosis (programmed cell death) in leukemia cells, breast cancer cells, and brain tumors cells.

In addition, scientists at Jefferson Health's Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center discovered that black seed not only kills pancreatic cancer cells but also seems to prevent their growth. Thymoquinone, an anti-inflammatory compound found in black seed, is thought to be responsible for this capacity to prevent cancer.