Nigella sativa inhibits intestinal glucose absorption and improves glucose tolerance in rats

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 419-424

  Meddah, Bouchra ^a,c   Ducroc, Robert ^b   El Abbes Faouzi, Moulay ^a   Eto, Bruno ^c   Mahraoui, Lahcen ^c   Benhaddou Andaloussi, Ali ^a,d   Martineau, Louis Charles ^d   Cherrah, Yahia ^a   Haddad, Pierre Selim ^d  

^a MOHAMMED V UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE BIOMÉDICALE BICHAT BEAUJON CRB3   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d Faculty of Medicine   (Canada)

Author keywords

Black seed; Oral glucose tolerance test; Short circuit current; Sodium glucose cotransport; Ussing chamber

Indexed keywords

METFORMIN; NIGELLA SATIVA EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLACK CUMIN; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; FEMALE; GLUCOSE ABSORPTION; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; IC 50; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; JEJUNUM; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PLANT SEED; RAT; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; MALE; METFORMIN; NIGELLA SATIVA; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEEDS;

NIGELLA SATIVA; RANUNCULACEAE; RATTUS;

EID: 58149215637     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2008.10.040     Document Type: Article

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