Nigella sativa callus treated with sodium azide exhibit augmented antioxidant activity and DNA damage inhibition

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 13954 - 14
• Main Authors: Iqbal, Mohammed Shariq, Iqbal, Zahra, Hashem, Abeer, Al-Arjani, Al-Bandari Fahad, Abd-Allah, Elsayed Fathi, Jafri, Asif, Ansari, Shamim Akhtar, Ansari, Mohammad Israil
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 06.07.2021; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 631/449; 631/45; 631/61; Antioxidants; Antioxidants - metabolism; Benzoquinones - metabolism; Callus; Catalase; Catalase - metabolism; Catechol Oxidase - metabolism; Deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA; DNA - metabolism; DNA Damage; Flavonoids; Functional foods & nutraceuticals; Germination - drug effects; Humanities and Social Sciences; Metabolites; multidisciplinary; Nigella sativa; Nigella sativa - drug effects; Peroxidase; Peroxidase - metabolism; Pharmaceutical industry; Phenols; Phytochemicals; Polyphenol oxidase; Proteins; Retention; Retention time; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Secondary metabolites; Seeds - drug effects; Seeds - growth & development; Sodium; Sodium azide; Sodium Azide - pharmacology; Time Factors

Nigella sativa L. (NS) is an herbaceous plant, possessing phytochemicals of therapeutic importance. Thymoquinone is one of the active phytochemicals of NS that confers noteworthy antioxidant properties. Sodium azide, an agent of abiotic stress, can modulates antioxidant system in plants. In the pres...