Nigella sativa (black seed) effects on plasma lipid concentrations in humans: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized placebo-controlled trials

Pharmacological Research

Volumn 106, Issue , 2016, Pages 37-50

  Sahebkar, Amirhossein ^a,b   Beccuti, Guglielmo ^c   Simental Mendía, Luis E ^d   Nobili, Valerio ^e   Bo, Simona ^c  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^e BAMBINO GESÙ CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cholesterol; HDL cholesterol; Nigella sativa; Triglycerides

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HERBACEOUS AGENT; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; LIPID; PLANT EXTRACT;

BLACK CUMIN; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; META ANALYSIS; PLANT SEED; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC);

ANIMALS; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; HUMANS; LIPIDS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; NIGELLA SATIVA; PLANT EXTRACTS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 84959166131     PISSN: 10436618     EISSN: 10961186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2016.02.008     Document Type: Review

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