Thymoquinone treatment against acetaminophen-induced hepatotoxicity in rats

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 213-218

  Aycan, Ilker Öngüç ^a   Tüfek, Adnan ^a   Tokgöz, Orhan ^a   Evliyaoǧlu, Osman ^a   Firat, Uǧur ^a   Kavak, Gönül Ölmez ^a   Turgut, Hüseyin ^b   Yüksel, Mustafa Uǧur ^a  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Women Healthy and Gynocology Hospital ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acetaminophen; Antioxidant; Hepatotoxicity; Thymoquinone

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; MALONALDEHYDE; PARACETAMOL; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THYMOQUINONE; GLUTATHIONE DERIVATIVE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIOXIDANT; BENZOQUINONE DERIVATIVE; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ACETAMINOPHEN INDUCED HEPATOTOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LIVER NECROSIS; LIVER TOXICITY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER INJURY; TISSUE LEVEL; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; WISTAR RAT;

ACETAMINOPHEN; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BENZOQUINONES; DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; OXIDOREDUCTASES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 84896709648     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: 17439159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2013.12.013     Document Type: Article

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