The Effect of thymoquinone, the main constituent of nigella sativa on tracheal responsiveness and white blood cell count in lung lavage of sensitized guinea pigs

Planta Medica

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 218-222

  Keyhanmanesh, Rana ^a,b   Boskabady, Mohammad Hossein ^c   Eslamizadeh, Mohammad Javad ^c   Khamneh, Saeed ^a   Ebrahimi, Mohammad Ali ^d  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Asthma; Inflammation; Nigella sativa Ranunculaceae; Responsiveness; Sensitization; Thymoquinone; Tracheal

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; FLUTICASONE PROPIONATE; METHACHOLINE; OVALBUMIN; STEROID; THYMOQUINONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLACK CUMIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PROPHYLAXIS; SENSITIZATION; TRACHEA;

ANDROSTADIENES; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BENZOQUINONES; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; BRONCHOCONSTRICTOR AGENTS; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTES; LUNG; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE; NIGELLA SATIVA; OVALBUMIN; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; TRACHEA;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA; NIGELLA SATIVA; RANUNCULACEAE;

EID: 77049125281     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: 14390221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1186054     Document Type: Article

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