Effects of Nigella unguicularis fixed oil on blood biochemistry and oxidant/antioxidant balance in rats

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 131-135

  Kökdil, Gamze ^a   Tamer, Lülüfer ^a   Ercan, Bahadir ^a   Ilcim, Ahmet ^b   Aras, Nurcan ^a   Atik, Uǧur ^a  

^a MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KAHRAMANMARAS SUTCU IMAM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Biochemical parameters; Fixed oil; Haematological parameters; Nigella unguicularis; Oxidant antioxidant balance

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANTIOXIDANT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; ESSENTIAL OIL; FIBRINOGEN; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; MALONALDEHYDE; NIGELLA UNGUICULARIS EXTRACT; NITROGEN; OXIDIZING AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MEDICINAL PLANT; NIGELLA; NIGELLA UNGUICULARIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN METABOLISM; RAT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

NIGELLA; RANUNCULACEAE;

EID: 17644418743     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2005.02.009     Document Type: Article

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