Therapeutic potential of the volatile oil of Nigella sativa seeds in monkey model with experimental shigellosis

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 361-363

  Azad Chowdhury, A K ^a   Islam, Md Amirul ^a   Rashid, Md Abdur ^a   Ferdous, Abu Jamil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Monkey; Nigella sativa; Shigellosis; Volatile oil

Indexed keywords

NIGELLA SATIVA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG POTENCY; MONKEY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PLANT SEED; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLOSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

NIGELLA SATIVA;

EID: 0031814477     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199808)12:5<361::AID-PTR302>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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