Cultivated black cumin: Nigella sativa L. (Ranunculaceae);La nigelle cultivée: Nigella sativa L. (Ranunculaceae)

Phytotherapie

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 220-226

  Ghedira, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Nigella sativa; Pharmacological actions; Seeds; Thymoquinone; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALKALOID; ALPHA HEDERINE; CISPLATIN; DITHYMOQUINONE; ESSENTIAL OIL; NIGELLA SATIVA EXTRACT; NIGELLICINE; NIGELLIMINE; SAPONIN; THYMOHYDROQUINONE; THYMOL; THYMOQUINONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ANALGESIC ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLACK CUMIN; DRUG ACTIVITY; HUMAN; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT SEED; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES;

EID: 33846896451     PISSN: 16248597     EISSN: 17652847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10298-006-0187-1     Document Type: Article

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