Protective effects of thymoquinone against cholestatic oxidative stress and hepatic damage after biliary obstruction in rats

Journal of Molecular Histology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 151-159

  Oguz, Serhat ^a   Kanter, Mehmet ^a   Erboga, Mustafa ^a   Erenoglu, Cengiz ^a  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bile duct ligation; Immunohistochemistry; Liver; Oxidative stres; Rats; Thymoquinone

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; CYCLINE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HYDROXYPROLINE; MALONALDEHYDE; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THYMOQUINONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT LIGATION; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; BILIARY TRACT FIBROSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMMON BILE DUCT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAHEPATIC CHOLESTASIS; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER INJURY; LIVER LEVEL; LIVER PROTECTION; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TREATMENT DURATION;

ACTINS; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, NUCLEAR; ANTIOXIDANTS; BENZOQUINONES; CHOLESTASIS, EXTRAHEPATIC; COMMON BILE DUCT; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HYDROXYPROLINE; LIGATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 84861062975     PISSN: 15672379     EISSN: 15672387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10735-011-9390-y     Document Type: Article

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