A phase I clinical trial to evaluate the safety of thymoquinone-rich black cumin oil (BlaQmax®) on healthy subjects: Randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled prospective study
ME Jestin V Thomas, M E Mohan, Prathibha Prabhakaran, Syam Das S, Balu Maliakel, Krishnakumar I.M.
Toxicology Reports, doi:10.1016/j.toxrep.2022.04.020
Maliakel and IM Krishnakumar, A phase I clinical trial to evaluate the safety of thymoquinone -rich black cumin oil (BlaQmax®) on healthy subjects: Randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled prospective s t u d y , Toxicology Reports, (2022)
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Declaration of competing interest The authors disclose the following conflict of interests. BlaQmax ® is a patented and registered product of Akay Natural Ingredients, Cochin, India. J.V.T & M.M.E belongs to non-profit research organizations who conducted the study and critically evaluated the data. P.P, S.D.S, B.M and K.I.M belong to the company Akay Natural Ingredients (Cochin, India), who prepared the study drugs, conceived the idea, and approved the protocol.
Declaration of interests ☐ The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. ☒The authors declare the following financial interests/personal relationships, which may be considered as potential competing interests: The authors disclose the following conflict of interests. BlaQmax ® is a patented and registered product of M/s Akay Natural Ingredients, Cochin, India. J o u r n a l P r e -p r o o f
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