Immunosuppressive and cytotoxic properties of Nigella sativa

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 395-398

  Islam, Sk Nazrul ^a   Begum, Parveen ^a   Ahsan, Touhida ^b   Huque, Saiful ^c   Ahsan, Monira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^b BANGABANDHU SHEIKH MUJIB MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Immunosuppressive cytotoxic agent; Nigella sativa; Nutraceutical

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; MITOMYCIN C; NIGELLA SATIVA EXTRACT; VINBLASTINE SULFATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG SCREENING; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; PROVOCATION TEST; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SPLEEN CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; CELL LINE, TUMOR; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LYMPHOCYTES; NIGELLA SATIVA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT OILS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SPLEEN;

ANIMALIA; NIGELLA; NIGELLA SATIVA;

EID: 2942622124     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1449     Document Type: Article

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