The Effect of route of administration in thymoquinone toxicity in male and female rats

Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 195-200

  Abukhader, M M ^a,b  

^a APPLIED SCIENCE PRIVATE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b OMAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Oman)

Author keywords

Acute pancreatitis; Acute toxicity; Adynamic ileus; Thymoquinone

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; GLUCOSE; THYMOQUINONE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84873432940     PISSN: 0250474X     EISSN: 19983743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0250-474X.106060     Document Type: Article

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