Thymoquinone prevents and ameliorates dextran sulfate sodium-induced colitis in mice

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2296-2303

  Lei, Xiaofei ^a   Liu, Meng ^b   Yang, Zirong ^a   Ji, Mengyao ^a   Guo, Xufeng ^a   Dong, Weiguo ^a  

^a RENMIN HOSPITAL OF WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TONGREN HOSPITAL OF WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Colitis; DSS; Mice; Thymoquinone

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN SULFATE; GLUTATHIONE; MALONALDEHYDE; MYELOPEROXIDASE; THYMOQUINONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY WEIGHT; COLITIS; DIARRHEA; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; BENZOQUINONES; COLITIS; DEXTRAN SULFATE; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NIGELLA SATIVA; PEROXIDASE; PLANT OILS; SEEDS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84866377073     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: 15732568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-012-2156-x     Document Type: Article

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