Phytochemical and biological investigation of the extracts of Nigella sativa L. seed waste

Drug Testing and Analysis

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 245-254

  Michel, Camilia G ^a   El Sayed, Nesrine S ^a   Moustafa, Sherifa F ^a   Ezzat, Shahira M ^a   Nesseem, Demiana I ^b   El Alfy, Taha S ^a  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR DRUG CONTROL AND RESEARCH NODCAR   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Immunostimulant aqueous extract; Nigella sativa seed waste

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLLAGEN; GLYCOPROTEINS; MAMMALS; METABOLITES; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; T-CELLS; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

AQUEOUS EXTRACTS; CYTOKINES; IMMUNOSTIMULANT AQUEOUS EXTRACT; IMMUNOSTIMULANTS; NIGELLA SATIVA; NIGELLUM SATIVA SEED WASTE; OXIDATIVE STRESS MARKERS; PHYTOCHEMICAL; POLYPHENOLS; PROTEIN FRACTIONS;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; ALCOHOL EXTRACT; BILIRUBIN; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLUTATHIONE; HEXANE; HEXANE EXTRACT; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; MALONALDEHYDE; NIGELLA SATIVA EXTRACT; POLYPHENOL; SAPONIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BLACK CUMIN; BLOOD LEVEL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SWELLING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INCIDENCE; LIVER CELL; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER INJURY; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEED WASTE; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TISSUE LEVEL;

EID: 79954640585     PISSN: 19427603     EISSN: 19427611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dta.225     Document Type: Article

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