A study of the chemical composition of black cumin oil and its effect on penetration enhancement from transdermal formulations

Natural Product Research

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1151-1157

  Amin, Saima ^a   Mir, Showkat R ^b   Kohli, Kanchan ^a   Ali, Babar ^b   Ali, Mohd ^b  

^a HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

fatty acid composition; linoleic acid; Nigella sativa L; oleic acid; penetration enhancers

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDIC ACID; BEHEMIC ACID; BLACK CUMIN OIL; CARVEDILOL; CIS 10 PENTADECANOIC ACID; CIS 11 EICOSENOIC ACID; CIS 11,14 EICOSADIENOIC ACID; CIS 8,11,14 EICOSATRIENOIC ACID; DECANOIC ACID; ERUCIC ACID; FATTY ACID DERIVATIVE; GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; HENEICOSANOIC ACID; HEPTADECANOIC ACID; LAURIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; MARGAROLEIC ACID; MYRISTIC ACID; MYRISTOLEIC ACID; NIGELLA SATIVA EXTRACT; OCTANOIC ACID; OLEIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; PALMITOLEIC ACID; PENTADECANOIC ACID; STEARIC ACID; TRIDECANOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNDECANOIC ACID; UNINDEXED DRUG; FATTY ACID; VEGETABLE OIL;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BLACK CUMIN; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DRUG PENETRATION; DRUG POTENTIATION; LIVER METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; RAT; SKIN; STRATUM CORNEUM; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; WISTAR RAT;

NIGELLA SATIVA; RATTUS;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ANIMALS; FATTY ACIDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES; NIGELLA SATIVA; PLANT OILS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SKIN;

EID: 77954103880     PISSN: 14786419     EISSN: 14786427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786410902940909     Document Type: Article

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