The effect of thymoquinone, an active component of Nigella sativa, on isoproterenol induced myocardial injury

Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1215-1219

  Randhawa, Mohammad Akram ^a   Alghamdi, Mastour Safar ^a   Maulik, Subir Kumar ^b  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Cardioprotection; Isoproterenol; Nigella sativa; Oxidative stress; Thymoquinone

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; ISOPRENALINE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; OLIVE OIL; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE; THYMOQUINONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLACK CUMIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; HEART PROTECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; ISOPROTERENOL-INDUCED MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANT SEED; PREMEDICATION; RAT;

ANIMALS; BENZOQUINONES; GLUTATHIONE; HEART; ISOPROTERENOL; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; NIGELLA SATIVA; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84892596111     PISSN: 1011601X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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