Oral Nigella sativa oil ameliorates ovalbumin-induced bronchial asthma in mice

International Immunopharmacology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 224-231

  Balaha, Mohamed Fathy ^a,b   Tanaka, Hiroyuki ^b,c   Yamashita, Hirotaka ^b,c   Abdel Rahman, Mohamed Nabih ^a   Inagaki, Naoki ^b,c  

^a TANTA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b GIFU PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bronchial asthma; Cytokine; Immunomodulation; Nigella sativa; Ovalbumin; Th1 Th2 balance

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A; IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; NIGELLA SATIVA OIL; OVALBUMIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIRWAY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLACK CUMIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOMODULATION; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ASTHMA; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CYTOKINES; EOSINOPHILS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LEUKOCYTES; LUNG; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NIGELLA SATIVA; OVALBUMIN; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT OILS; TH1-TH2 BALANCE;

EID: 84864499757     PISSN: 15675769     EISSN: 18781705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2012.06.023     Document Type: Article

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