Iranian Company Produces Herbal Spray for Treatment of Lung Cancer

“One of the advantages of using black seeds is that it has no toxic effect on healthy cells at cytotoxic concentrations on lung cancer cells,” said Jalaloddin Qanavi, the managing director of the knowledge-based company.

Noting that the black seed oil in his company was extracted after choosing the best seeds using a cold press device and pre-treating the black seeds in liquid nitrogen, he said, “The results were compared with the extraction method by using microwaves, and the purification of thymoquinone was carried out by using chromatography and HPLC techniques.”

“Next, the cytotoxic effects of thymoquinone on A549 cancer cells and normal HGF cells were investigated and showed good results,” Qanavi said.

In an earlier development, a team of Iranian researchers had also succeeded in producing an herbal medicine based on nanoparticles special for cardiovascular diseases.

The herbal medicine has been produced for the first time in the country by technological units at the Neishabur branch of the Islamic Azad University.

“As a fully herbal product based on nanoparticles, the medicine was produced after extensive research at the chemistry and biochemistry center of the university,” said Alireza Motavallizadeh, the director of the incubator for technological units of the Islamic Azad University, Neishabur branch.

“The medicine can be used in the treatment of arteriosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases,” he added.

So far, a drug prototype has been produced and the procedure for receiving a license for production is underway.

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