Nigella sativa: Reduces the risk of various maladies

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 654-665

  Butt, Masood Sadiq ^a   Sultan, Muhammad Tauseef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Black cumin; Dyslipidemic effects hyperglycemia; Immunity; Oxidative stress; Thymoquinone

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; BIOACTIVE COMPONENTS; BLACK CUMIN; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; DYSLIPIDEMIC EFFECTS HYPERGLYCEMIA; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGING ACTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL FOODS; HUMAN BEING; HUMAN HEALTH; IMMUNE SYSTEMS; IMMUNITY; LIPID FRACTIONS; NUTRACEUTICALS; PHARMACEUTICAL DRUGS; RESPIRATORY DISORDERS; SIDE EFFECT; THERAPEUTIC POTENTIALS; THYMOQUINONE;

CELL DEATH; CURING; DRUG INTERACTIONS; ESSENTIAL OILS; FREE RADICALS; GLUCOSE; HEALTH RISKS; METABOLITES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PIGMENTS;

UNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS;

ANTIOXIDANT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; BLACK CUMIN; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; MEDICINAL PLANT; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ANTIOXIDANTS; HUMANS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; NIGELLA SATIVA; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL;

NIGELLA SATIVA;

EID: 77955343862     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: 15497852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408390902768797     Document Type: Article

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