The effect of Nigella sativa extract on tracheal responsiveness and lung inflammation in valbuminsensitized guinea pigs

Clinics

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 879-887

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

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Asthma; Inflammation; Nigella sativa; Sensitization; Tracheal responsiveness

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE; OVALBUMIN; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLACK CUMIN; BRONCHUS HYPERREACTIVITY; CELL COUNT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHEMISTRY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; GUINEA PIG; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; TRACHEA;

ANIMALS; BRONCHIAL HYPERREACTIVITY; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; CELL COUNT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GUINEA PIGS; MALE; METHACHOLINE CHLORIDE; NIGELLA SATIVA; OVALBUMIN; PLANT EXTRACTS; PNEUMONIA; TRACHEA;

EID: 79960747963     PISSN: 18075932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1807-59322011000500027     Document Type: Article

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