Nigella sativa and its active constituent thymoquinone in oral health

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 235-244

  AlAttas, Safia A ^a   Zahran, Fat’Heya M ^a   Turkistany, Shereen A ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRRIGATION SOLUTION; LIMONENE; NIGELLA SATIVA EXTRACT; PARA CYMENE; PINENE; THYMOQUINONE; BENZOQUINONE DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; BLACK CUMIN; BONE IMPLANT; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH; DISK DIFFUSION; ENDODONTICS; FRACTURE HEALING; GINGIVA DISEASE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MINIMUM BACTERICIDAL CONCENTRATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOUTH CANCER; MOUTH SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; MOUTH ULCER; NONHUMAN; ORAL CANCER CELL LINE; ORAL MUCOSITIS; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; REVIEW; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH PULP DISEASE; TOOTH RADIOGRAPHY; WOUND HEALING; DENTAL PULP DISEASES; GINGIVITIS; HEALTH; MOUTH DISEASES; ORAL ULCER; PERIODONTITIS; PLANT SEED; STOMATITIS; TOOTH DISEASES;

BENZOQUINONES; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PULP DISEASES; GINGIVITIS; HUMANS; MOUTH DISEASES; NIGELLA SATIVA; ORAL HEALTH; ORAL ULCER; PERIODONTITIS; PLANT EXTRACTS; SEEDS; STOMATITIS; TOOTH DISEASES;

EID: 84962850783     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15537/smj.2016.3.13006     Document Type: Review

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