Protective effects of Nigella sativa against hypertension-induced oxidative stress and cardiovascular dysfunction in rats;Nigella sativa'nın sıçanlarda hipertansiyon ile oluşan oksidan hasara ve kardiyak disfonksiyona karşı koruyucu etkileri

Marmara Pharmaceutical Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 141-149

  Taşar, Nur ^a   Şehirli, Özer ^a   Yiǧiner, Ömer ^b   Süleymanoǧlu, Selami ^b   Yüksel, Meral ^a   Yeǧen, Berrak ^a   Şener, Göksel ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Hypertension; Nigella sativa; Oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875454044     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13090801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12991/201216412     Document Type: Article

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