The effect of Nigella sativa alone, and in combination with dexamethasone, on tracheal muscle responsiveness and lung inflammation in sulfur mustard exposed guinea pigs

Journal of Ethnopharmacology

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1028-1034

  Boskabady, Mohammad Hossein ^a   Vahedi, Nassim ^a   Amery, Sediqa ^a   Khakzad, Mohammad Reza ^b  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Dexamethasone; Guinea pig; Lung inflammation; Nigella sativa; Sulfur mustard; Tracheal responsiveness

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; DEXAMETHASONE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4; METHACHOLINE; MUSTARD GAS; NIGELLA SATIVA EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLACK CUMIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; TRACHEA MUSCLE; TRACHEAL RESPONSIVENESS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEXAMETHASONE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-4; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MUSTARD GAS; NIGELLA SATIVA; PLANT EXTRACTS; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; SEEDS; TRACHEA;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA; NIGELLA SATIVA;

EID: 80052033521     PISSN: 03788741     EISSN: 18727573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2011.07.030     Document Type: Article

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