Hepatoprotective activity of thymoquinone in isolated rat hepatocytes

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 23-29

  Daba, Mohamed Hesham ^a   Abdel Rahman, Mohamed S ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Hepatoprotective agent; Rat hepatocytes; Thymoquinone

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE; PLANT EXTRACT; SILIBININ; TERT BUTYL HYDROPEROXIDE; THYMOQUINONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; DRUG ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER CELL; LIVER PROTECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BENZOQUINONES; CELL SURVIVAL; GLUTATHIONE; LIVER; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PEROXIDES; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SILYMARIN; TERT-BUTYLHYDROPEROXIDE; TRYPAN BLUE;

EID: 0032584004     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4274(98)00012-5     Document Type: Article

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