Hexane extracts of black cumin (Nigella sativa Lor) was developed as a potential immunomodulator in patients with immunodeficiencies such as HIV-AIDS infected patients has decreased the number of CD4 cells, said Akrom Kes, lecturer at the Faculty of Pharmacy, University Ahmad Dahlan in Yogyakarta.
"Hexane extract of black cumin seeds (EHBJH) can be developed as a chemopreventive agent antikarsinogenesis through cytoprotective antioxidant and immunomodulatory mechanisms," he said in an open doctoral examination in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Gadjah Mada (UGM) in Yogyakarta, on Monday (04/02/2013).
According to him, the effect EHBJH can improve lymphocyte CD4, CD8, IFNgamma levels, and hematoprotektor. The success of black cumin seeds to increase the number of CD4 and CD8 cells as well as the impact on CD4CD25Treg cell population gives hope to patients with HIV-AIDS antiretroviral therapy (ARV) as adjuvant therapy.
