The unique medicinal properties of camel products: A review of the scientific evidence

Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 98-103

  Abdel Gader, Abdel Galil M ^a   Alhaider, Abdulqader A ^b  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Camel immunoglobulins; Camel lactoferrin; Camel milk and cancer; Camel milk and diabetes

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LACTOFERRIN;

ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CAMEL; CAMEL MILK; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FOOD ALLERGY; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; NONHUMAN;

EID: 84959171199     PISSN: 16583612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtumed.2015.12.007     Document Type: Review

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