Black Cumin and Reduced LDL Cholesterol

• Effect of Nigella sativa Consumption on Lipid Profile and Glycemic Index in Patients with Metabolic Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

  • 2025-06
  • Meta-Analysis
  • Current medicinal chemistry 32(18)
  • • Maryam Shabani
    • Farideh Ghavidel
    • Arezoo Rajabian
    • Masoud Homayouni-Tabrizi
    • Tannaz Jamialahmadi
    • Hossein Hosseini
    • Amirhossein Sahebkar

  • PubMed: 38265398
  • DOI: 10.2174/0109298673249741231129100733

  5 Insights on

  • Reduced LDL Cholesterol

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  LDL-C (SMD: -1.06; 95% CI, -1.45 to -0.66; p = 0.00)

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Large

  Significant

  Yes

  Dose

  <=500 mg/day or >500 mg/day (subgroup analysis)