Inhibition of bacterial attachment to kidney epithelial cells using thymoquinone

Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation

Volumn 46, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Vance, Stacy Hull ^a   Benghuzzi, Hamed ^a   Tucci, Michelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Cell line; Epithelial cells; Kidney cells; Rhesus monkey; RHKEC; Streptococcus pyogens (GAS)

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ATTACHMENT; CELL LINES; DOSE-DEPENDENT MANNER; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HOST CELLS; HUMAN PATHOGENS; IN-VITRO; INTRAVASCULAR; KIDNEY CELLS; KIDNEY EPITHELIAL CELL; ORGAN FAILURE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; RHESUS MONKEY; SOFT TISSUE; THYMOQUINONE;

BACTERIOLOGY; CELL CULTURE; DISEASES; GASES;

CELLS;

THYMOQUINONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROTECTION; DOSE RESPONSE; EUKARYOTIC CELL; HOST CELL; KIDNEY EPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; RHESUS MONKEY; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A;

EID: 77951582527     PISSN: 00678856     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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