Effect of nigella sativa and bee honey on pulmonary, hepatic and renal function in sudanese in khartoum state

Journal of Medicinal Plant Research

Volumn 5, Issue 31, 2011, Pages 6857-6863

  Al Ameen, Nahid Mahmoud ^a   Altubaigy, Faisal ^a   Jahangir, Tamanna ^a   Mahday, Idriss Abdalla ^b   Mohammed, Esmaeel Abdurrahman ^c   Musa, Omer Abdel Aziz ^d  

^a JAZAN UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b National Ribatt University   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Asthmatics; Bee honey; Controls; Hepato renal toxicity; Nigella sativa; Non asthmatics; Pulmonary function

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; NATURAL PRODUCT; UREA;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLACK CUMIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; EVENING DOSAGE; FEMALE; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HONEY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER TOXICITY; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PLANT SEED; SIDE EFFECT; SUDAN; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

APOIDEA; NIGELLA SATIVA;

EID: 84855870464     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/JMPR11.1357     Document Type: Article

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