In vitro toxicological properties of thymoquinone

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 129-133

  Khader, M ^a,b   Bresgen, N ^a   Eckl, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b ARAB AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Genotoxicity; Hepatocytes; Nigella sativa; Thymoquinone

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; GLUTATHIONE; THYMOQUINONE;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA DAMAGE; FEMALE; GENOTOXICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; LIVER CELL; LIVER INJURY; MICRONUCLEUS; MITOSIS INDEX; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BENZOQUINONES; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; HEPATOCYTES; MUTAGENESIS; NECROSIS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344;

NIGELLA SATIVA; RATTUS;

EID: 58149186496     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2008.10.019     Document Type: Article

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