Thymoquinone supplementation induces quinone reductase and glutathione transferase in mice liver: Possible role in protection against chemical carcinogenesis and toxicity

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1295-1298

  Nagi, Mahmoud N ^a   Almakki, Hussain A ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Glutathione and glutathione transferase; Quinone reductase; Thymoquinone

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE (PHOSPHATE) DEHYDROGENASE (QUINONE); THYMOQUINONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG OVERDOSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; LIVER; LIVER PROTECTION; MALE; MICHAEL ADDITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SUPPLEMENTATION; TOXICITY;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BENZOQUINONES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; LIVER; MALE; MICE; NAD(P)H DEHYDROGENASE (QUINONE); NIGELLA SATIVA; OILS, VOLATILE; PLANT OILS;

ANIMALIA; MUS; NIGELLA SATIVA;

EID: 69749091547     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.2766     Document Type: Article

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