Effect of Aqueous and Ethanolic Extracts of Nigella sativa Seeds on Milk Production in Rats

JAMS Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 18-23

  Hosseinzadeh, Hossein ^a   Tafaghodi, Mohsen ^b   Mosavi, Mojdeh Jalal ^a   Taghiabadi, Elahe ^a  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Black cumin; Galactagogue; Herbal; Lactogenic; Milk production; Nigella sativa

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; NIGELLA SATIVA EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLACK CUMIN; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; MILK; MILK PRODUCTION; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUP (RODENT); RAT; SUCKLING;

EID: 84874462108     PISSN: 20052901     EISSN: 20938152     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jams.2012.07.019     Document Type: Article

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