Effects of thymoquinone (volatile oil of black cumin) on rheumatoid arthritis in rat models

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 869-871

  Tekeoglu, Ibrahim ^a   Dogan, Ali ^a   Demiralp, Levent ^a  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adjuvant arthritis; Rat; Thymoquinone

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 1; THYMOQUINONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADJUVANT ARTHRITIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUMIN; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ARTHRITIS, EXPERIMENTAL; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BENZOQUINONES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; FEMALE; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; MALE; NIGELLA SATIVA; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT OILS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, WISTAR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

BACILLI (CLASS); NIGELLA SATIVA;

EID: 33750200100     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1964     Document Type: Article

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