Nigella sativa extract as a potent antioxidant for petrochemical-induced oxidative stress

Journal of Chromatographic Science

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 321-326

  Ashraf, S Salman ^a,b   Rao, Madduri V ^a   Kaneez, Fatima Shad ^a,c   Qadri, Shahnaz ^a,b   Al Marzouqi, Ali H ^a   Chandranath, Irwin S ^a   Adem, Abdu ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NIGELLA SATIVA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 79953222636     PISSN: 00219665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/chrsci/49.4.321     Document Type: Article

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