Mitigating role of thymoquinone rich fractions from Nigella sativa oil and its constituents, thymoquinone and limonene on lipidemic-oxidative injury in rats

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Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-13

  Ahmad, Shafeeque ^a   Beg, Zafarul H ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Limonene; Lipid peroxidation; Methanolic extract; Nigella sativa; Thymoquinone; Volatile oil

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940315394     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21931801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2193-1801-3-316     Document Type: Article

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