Protective effect of pretreatment with thymoquinone against Aflatoxin B1 induced liver toxicity in mice

DARU, Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 282-287

  Nili Ahmadabadi, A ^a   Tavakoli, F ^a,b   Hasanzadeh, G R ^a   Rahimi, H R ^a   Sabzevari, O ^a,c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Biochemical findings; Glutathione; Hepatocytes; Malondialdehyde; Nigella sativa

Indexed keywords

AFLATOXIN B; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE; MALONALDEHYDE; THYMOQUINONE;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL DEATH; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; KUPFFER CELL; LIVER CELL; LIVER HOMOGENATE; LIVER PROTECTION; LIVER SINUSOID; LIVER TOXICITY; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 80054814091     PISSN: 15608115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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