Fatma Sri Wahyuni, Raveinal,Oea Khairsyaf and Putri Ramadheni
Scientific Tracks Abstracts: Nat Prod Chem Res
Clinical study was conducted onthe use of black cumin oil (Nigella sativa L.) against persistent asthma patients at the pulmonary clinic of Dr M. DjamilHospital, Padang. Asthmatic patients were divided into two groups: the control and treatment groups. The control group was givenhospital standard therapy only,bronchodilator and controller, while the treatment group received standardtherapy and black cumin oil with dose 60mg/BW/dayorally. The assessment wasconducted on the level of asthma control and the value of eosinophils blood during the first month of use. This studyshowed that black cumin oil increased the level of asthma control in patients as indicated by level up of ACT score (p<0.05). The values of blood eosinophils decreased in the treatment group but not statistically significant when compared with the control group (p>0.05).
Fatma Sri Wahyuni got bachelor degree in 1998from Depatement of Pharmacy, Faculty of Mathematic and Natural Sciences, Andalas University and PhD degree from Institute of Biosciences, University Putera Malaysia in 2009. She works as a lecturer at Faculty of Pharmacy, Andalas University. Her research interest is in biological study especially cytotoxic and anti-inflammatory activity of some Sumatran plan including genus Garcina and Nigella sativa. She has 8 publication on her name.
