An investigation on LD50 and subacute hepatic toxicity of Nigella sativa seed extracts in mice

Pharmazie

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 544-547

  Vahdati Mashhadian, Nasser ^a,b   Rakhshandeh, H ^a   Omidi, A ^a  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CHLOROFORM; METHANOL; NIGELLA SATIVA EXTRACT;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLACK CUMIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; LD 50; LIVER CELL; LIVER HISTOLOGY; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; TOXICITY TESTING;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; CHLOROFORM; HEPATITIS, TOXIC; LETHAL DOSE 50; METHANOL; MICE; NIGELLA; PLANT EXTRACTS; SEEDS; SOLVENTS; WATER;

EID: 22644437710     PISSN: 00317144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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