Black Seed contains over 100 active chemical compounds that may increase your health. The three ingredients most studied for their effects are: 

1. Crystalline nigellone – well researched for increasing immune function, especially respiratory health;
2. Thymoquinone – researched for cancer treatment, a compound not yet detected in any other plant;
3. Beta sitosterol – highly researched for gallstones, urinary/prostate health, cancer, and cholesterol reduction.

Black Seed’s other nutrients:

• Black Seed contains good fats: oleic acid (olive oil’s health-giving component); poly and monounsaturated unsaturated fatty acids including omega 3 (linolenic acid), omega 6 (linoleic acid), and omega 7 (palmitoleic acid, and arachidonic acid).
• It contains protein: 8 of the 9 essential amino acids that are combined to make “whole” protein.
• Black Seed also has vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin B3, folic acid, calcium, iron, copper, zinc and phosphorous.