Protective effects of thymoquinone and methotrexate on the renal injury in collagen-induced arthritis

Archives of Toxicology

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 768-776

  Budancamanak, Mustafa ^a   Kanter, Mehmet ^b   Demirel, Adnan ^a   Ocakci, Ayse ^c   Uysal, Hamdi ^d   Karakaya, Cengiz ^a  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ZONGULDAK KARAELMAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Collagen induced arthritis; Methotrexate; Rat; Renal injury; Thymoquinone

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; CORN OIL; CREATININE; ETHER; FREUND ADJUVANT; METHOTREXATE; NITRIC OXIDE; THYMOQUINONE; UREA;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CELL DEGENERATION; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CHICK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SAFETY; EMULSION; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEEDING; GLOMERULUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY DISTAL TUBULE; KIDNEY INJURY; KIDNEY PROXIMAL TUBULE; KIDNEY TUBULE DISORDER; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RAT; RECIPIENT; RENAL PROTECTION; SOLUBILIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUSPENSION; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, EXPERIMENTAL; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; BENZOQUINONES; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; METHOTREXATE; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ANIMALIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33751437702     PISSN: 03405761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00204-006-0094-0     Document Type: Article

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