Effect of Nigella sativa L. and thymoquinone on rat platelet aggregation

Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 167-176

  Abou Hozaifa, Bodour M ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

ADP; Collagen; Nigelia sativa; Platelet aggregation; Thymoquinone

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; COLLAGEN; NIGELLA SATIVA EXTRACT; THYMOQUINONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; RAT; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION;

EID: 0036994150     PISSN: 13190164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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