Evaluation of antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory activities of seed extracts from six Nigella species

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 408-415

  Landa, Premysl ^a   Marsik, Petr ^a   Havlik, Jaroslav ^b   Kloucek, Pavel ^b   Vanek, Tomas ^a   Kokoska, Ladislav ^b  

^a CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^b CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Cyclooxygenase 1; Cyclooxygenase 2; Fatty acid composition; Nigella species

Indexed keywords

CHLOROFORM; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; FATTY ACID; HEXANE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BLACK CUMIN; BROTH DILUTION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; IN VITRO STUDY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NIGELLA ARVENSIS; NIGELLA DAMASCENA; NIGELLA HISPANICA; NIGELLA NIGELLASTRUM; NIGELLA ORIENTALIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YEAST;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CYCLOOXYGENASE 1; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NIGELLA; PLANT EXTRACTS; SEEDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; NIGELLA; NIGELLA ARVENSIS; NIGELLA DAMASCENA; NIGELLA HISPANICA; NIGELLA SATIVA; POSIBACTERIA; RANUNCULACEAE;

EID: 67649522164     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2007.0600     Document Type: Article

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