Immunomodulatory and cytotoxic effects of Nigella sativa and thymoquinone on rat splenocytes

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 86, Issue , 2015, Pages 72-80

  Gholamnezhad, Zahra ^a   Rafatpanah, Houshang ^b   Sadeghnia, Hamid Reza ^c   Boskabady, Mohammad Hossein ^a  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Nigella sativa; Splenocytes; Th1 Th2 balance; Thymoquinone

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4; NIGELLA SATIVA EXTRACT; THYMOQUINONE; BENZOQUINONE DERIVATIVE; CONCANAVALIN A; CYTOKINE; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; PLANT EXTRACT;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG MECHANISM; IMMUNOMODULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPLEEN CELL; TH1 TH2 BALANCE; ANIMAL; BLACK CUMIN; CELL CULTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; SPLEEN; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BENZOQUINONES; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CONCANAVALIN A; CYTOKINES; DEXAMETHASONE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; NIGELLA SATIVA; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPLEEN;

EID: 84943277231     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: 18736351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2015.08.028     Document Type: Article

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