ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,442, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to N.S. OILS LTD. (Kibbutz Sa'ad, Israel).

"Composition comprising Nigella sativa oil and surface-active agents" was invented by Mor Zeilkha (Ramat Gan, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a composition comprising oil obtained from Nigella sativa seeds and one or more surface-active agents. Preferably, the concentration of thymoquinone in the composition is at least 2% (w/w), wherein the concentration of the surface-active agent(s) is at least 0.2% (w/w), and wherein the one or more surface-active agents are selected from the group consisting of D-Alpha-Tocopherol polyethy...