Antioxidant Properties of Thymoquinone, Thymohydroquinone and Black Cumin (<i>Nigella sativa</i> L.) Seed Oil: Scavenging of Superoxide Radical Studied Using Cyclic Voltammetry, DFT and Single Crystal X-ray Diffraction

• Main Authors: Raiyan Sakib (Author), Francesco Caruso (Author), Sandjida Aktar (Author), Stuart Belli (Author), Sarjit Kaur (Author), Melissa Hernandez (Author), Miriam Rossi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2023-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Black cumin seeds and seed oil have long been used in traditional foods and medicine in South Asian, Middle Eastern and Mediterranean countries and are valuable flavor ingredients. An important ingredient of black cumin is the small molecule thymoquinone (TQ), which manifests low toxicity and potent...