Comment · Fri, May 1, 2020
Thymoquinone Stability
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alien_tripp · 4 points
Is there any way to increase Thymoquinones stability?
If i order fresh nigella sativa it's always fairly potent but after a few month it looses most of it's potency.
Would maybe a singe freeze/unfreeze cycle hurt, or have any use at all?
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alien_tripp · 3 points
I store it at room temperature, after about 2-3 month there is an significante drop in it's strength.
And yes, i'm talking about the powder.
Some studys seem to support my experience.
https://content.sciendo.com/view/journals/acph/70/3/article-p325.xml?language=en
https://res.mdpi.com/d_attachment/molecules/molecules-19-05925/article_deploy/molecules-19-05925.pdf
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb
Thanks for the papers! So heat and light seem to be the enemies here. A cool dark place should be where you store it. I am going to speak to my lab director to see if we can run some testing on a jar of it, and see how it affects the thymoquinone levels over time.