Toxicity effect of Nigella sativa on the liver function of rats

Advanced Pharmaceutical Bulletin

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 97-102

  Dollah, Mohammad Aziz ^a   Parhizkar, Saadat ^b   Latiff, Latiffah Abdul ^a   Hassan, Mohamad Hafanizam Bin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b YASUJ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Enzyme; Function; Liver; Nigella sativa; Rat; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; NIGELLA SATIVA EXTRACT;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SCREENING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER FATTY DEGENERATION; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER TOXICITY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; POWDER; RAT; TOXICITY TESTING;

EID: 84874981319     PISSN: 22285881     EISSN: 22517308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5681/apb.2013.016     Document Type: Article

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