Research Article

The Effects of Different Extraction Methods on Antioxidant Properties, Chemical Composition, and Thermal Behavior of Black Seed (Nigella sativa L.) Oil

Table 1

Chemical properties of the selected Nigella sativa seed in comparison with previous studies.

Total fatMoistureAshProteinCarbohydrateStudies

32.26 ± 0.096.67 ± 0.206.82 ± 0.1019.19 ± 0.2035.04 ± 0.30Current study
31.72 ± 0.424.99 ± 0.295.29 ± 0.4123.07 ± 1.0534.91 ± 1.22Solati et al., 2014 [13]
40.35 ± 0.164.41 ± 0.0122.6 ± 0.2432.7 ± 0.41Cheikh-Rouhou et al., 2007 [14]
34.8 ± 1.907.0 ± 0.503.7 ± 0.7020.8 ± 1.1033.7 ± 0.50Atta, 2003 [15]
37.33 ± 0.155.40 ± 0.136.72 ± 0.0220.02 ± 0.2730.53Khoddami et al., 2011  [16]