Some cardiovascular effects of the dethymoquinonated Nigella sativa volatile oil and its major components α-pinene and p-cymene in rats

Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 104-110

  El Tahir, Kamar E H ^a   Al Ajmi, M F ^a   Al Bekairi, A M ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; NIGELLA SATIVA EXTRACT; PARA CYMENE; PINENE;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HEART BLOOD VESSEL; HEART PROTECTION; HEART RATE; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; STOMACH ULCER; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; ULCEROGENESIS;

EID: 0043131868     PISSN: 13190164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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