Thymoquinone ameliorates the immunological and histological changes induced by exposure to imidacloprid insecticide

Journal of Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-11

  Mohany, Mohamed ^a,c   El Feki, Mostafa ^c   Refaat, Inas ^c   Garraud, Olivier ^b,e   Badr, Gamal ^a,d  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Assiut University ^*  (Egypt)

^d Assiut University   (Egypt)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Hepatotoxicity; Imidacloprid; Immunotoxicity; MDA; Phagocytic activity; Thymoquinone

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CONFIDOR; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITING ANTIBODY; IMIDACLOPRID; MALONALDEHYDE; THYMOQUINONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMOKINESIS; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOTOXICITY; INNATE IMMUNITY; LD 50; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RAT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 84856841394     PISSN: 03881350     EISSN: 18803989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2131/jts.37.1     Document Type: Article

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