Effect of thymoquinone on ethanol-induced hepatotoxicity in wistar rats

Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1164-1170

  Alsaif, Mohammed A ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Ethanol; Nucleic acids; Oxidative stress; Thymoquinone

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALCOHOL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CATALASE; DNA; GLUTATHIONE; INTERLEUKIN 6; MALONALDEHYDE; RNA; SILYMARIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THYMOQUINONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ALCOHOL LIVER DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYMATIC ASSAY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; WISTAR RAT;

EID: 37349111412     PISSN: 16824474     EISSN: 18125727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jms.2007.1164.1170     Document Type: Article

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