Favorable impact of Nigella sativa seeds on lipid profile in type 2 diabetic patients

Journal of Family and Community Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 155-161

  Kaatabi, Huda ^a   Bamosa, Abdullah ^a   Lebda, Fatma ^a   Al Elq, Abdulmohsen ^a   Al Sultan, Ali ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Black seeds; diabetes mellitus type 2; dyslipidemia; HDL; LDL; Nigella sativa; total cholesterol; triglycerides

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878725673     PISSN: 22308229     EISSN: 2229340X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2230-8229.102311     Document Type: Article

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