Effects of Nigella sativa supplementation for one month on cardiac reserve in rats

Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 141-148

  Yar, T ^a   El Hariri, M ^a   El Bahai, M N ^a   Bamosa, A O ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cardiac adrenergic reserve; Cardiac hypertrophy; Cardiac inotropic reserve; Cardiac trophic reserve; Chronotropy; Inotropy; Nigella sativa

Indexed keywords

BLACK CUMIN EXTRACT; ISOPRENALINE; PLANT EXTRACT; THYMOQUINONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLACK CUMIN; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; EXERCISE; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART MUSCLE COMPLIANCE; HEART SIZE; HEART STRESS; HEART WEIGHT; IN VITRO STUDY; INOTROPISM; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; ANIMALS; CARDIOMEGALY; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HEART RATE; ISOPROTERENOL; MALE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; NIGELLA SATIVA; PERFUSION; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR PRESSURE;

EID: 50449099597     PISSN: 00195499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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