Nigella sativa reduces tissue damage in rat ovaries subjected to torsion and detorsion: Oxidative stress, proinflammatory response and histopathological evaluation

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 41-49

  Bayir, Yasin ^a   Karagoz, Yalcin ^b   Karakus, Emre ^c   Albayrak, Abdulmecit ^d   Sengul, Ozlem ^e   Can, Ismail ^c   Yayla, Nuh ^a   Kuskun, Ufuk ^d   Keles, Mevlut Sait ^d  

^a ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Faculty of Pharmacy   (Turkey)

^c Faculty of Veterinary   (Turkey)

^d ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e Yenimahalle Government Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Glutathione; Interleukins; Ischemia; Malondialdehyde; Myeloperoxidase; Nigella sativa; Ovary; Oxidative stress; Rat; Superoxide dismutase

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; MALONALDEHYDE; MYELOPEROXIDASE; NIGELLA SATIVA EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLIP; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; ISCHEMIA; NONHUMAN; OVARY DISEASE; OVARY ISCHEMIA; OVARY TORSION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE; INTERLEUKIN-1BETA; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALONDIALDEHYDE; NIGELLA SATIVA; OOPHORITIS; OVARY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PEROXIDASE; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REPERFUSION INJURY; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TORSION, MECHANICAL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84864585282     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: 1423002X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000336295     Document Type: Article

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