Protective effects of Nigella sativa against hypertension-induced oxidative stress and cardiovascular dysfunction in rats

Year 2012, Volume: 16 Issue: 2, 141 - 149, 07.03.2014

Nur Taşar Özer Şehirli Ömer Yiğiner Selami Süleymanoğlu Meral Yüksel Berrak Yeğen Göksel Şener

Abstract

Keywords

Antioxidant activity, hypertension, oxidative stress, Nigella sativa

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