Open AccessDietary supplementation of chloroquine with nigella sativa seed and oil extracts in the treatment of malaria induced in mice with plasmodium berghei
Author(s) -
Promise Madu Emeka,
Lorina Ineta Badger-Emeka,
Chiamaka Maryann Eneh,
Tahir Mahmood Khan
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
pharmacognosy magazine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0976-4062
pISSN - 0973-1296
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1296.133282
Subject(s) - nigella sativa , plasmodium berghei , chloroquine , traditional medicine , pharmacology , medicine , malaria , immunology
The aim of the study was to investigate the effects of dietary combination of Nigella sativa seed and oil extracts with chloroquine (CQ), and how these combinations enhance CQ efficacy in mice infected with Plasmodium berghei and their survival rates.