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    Identification of anti-microbial activity of seed extract of nigella sativa
    (UMT Lahore, 2019-03-07) MARYAM ZAHRA
    Nigella sativa is known to be a medicinal remedy for several ailments hence its seeds’ extract and oil has been used in many experiments up till now. Decades have passed ever since the scientists have been working on it and experiments proved that there is almost no ailment against which it has not been proved effective. Nigella sativa seed oil is a cancer fighter, it protects brain damage due to lead poisoning, it is effective against liver problems, it protects kidney tissues, cures hypertension, prevents renal dysfunction and many more. Holy Prophet (PBUH) said that Nigella sativa (black seed) is an effective herbal remedy for every disease except death. In this experiment, seeds were used to prepare extract in ethanol and this extract was used as an antibiotic to identify antimicrobial activity against different strains of bacteria and fungi. Using different techniques and strains, like agar dilution method, wells in agar plates and disk diffusion method, experiments were done and results were evaluated. Certain quantities of antibiotic and strains were used. Strains could be bacterial as well as fungal but for the experimental techniques, would be different as same method would not show results for both types of strains. Results showed that the extract was effective against the bacterial strains and showed positive response in each technique that was used. However it was not entirely effective against the viral strains such as Aspergillus niger.