The possible effect of diets containing Nigella sativa and Thymus vulgaris on blood parameters and some organs structure in rabbit

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 107-116

  Tousson, Ehab ^a   El Moghazy, Mostafa ^b   El Atrsh, Efaf ^a  

^a Tanta University   (Egypt)

^b Animal Production Department   (Egypt)

Author keywords

feeding diet supplemented; Natural materials; Nigella sativa; rabbits; Thymus vulgaris

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTEROL; GLOBULIN; HEMOGLOBIN; LIPID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLACK CUMIN; BLOOD ANALYSIS; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EXPERIMENTAL RABBIT; HEMATOCRIT; HISTOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR HEMOGLOBIN; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; SOYBEAN; THYME;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHOLESTEROL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; NIGELLA SATIVA; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; RABBITS; SEEDS; TESTIS; THYMUS PLANT; TRIGLYCERIDES;

ANIMALIA; GLYCINE MAX; NIGELLA SATIVA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; THYMUS VULGARIS;

EID: 79952283750     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748233710381891     Document Type: Article

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