Antitussive effect of thymoquinone, a constituent of Nigella sativa seeds, in guinea pigs

Pharmacologyonline

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 480-484

  Hosseinzadeh, Hossein ^a   Eskandari, Mohammad ^b   Ziaee, Toktam ^b  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b School of Pharmacy   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anticough; Antitussive; Codeine; Cough; Nigella sativa; Opioid receptors; Thymoquinone

Indexed keywords

CODEINE; NALOXONE; NIGELLA SATIVA EXTRACT; THYMOQUINONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTITUSSIVE ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; EXPERIMENTAL GUINEA PIG; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED;

EID: 53249097538     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18278620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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