Effect of Nigella sativa oil on experimental toxoplasmosis

Parasitology Research

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 379-390

  Mady, Rasha F ^a   El Hadidy, Wessam ^b   Elachy, Samar ^c  

^a ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Alexandria University Faculty of Pharmacy   (Egypt)

^c ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Combination therapy; Interferon gamma; Nigella sativa oil; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; CLINDAMYCIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALONALDEHYDE; NIGELLA SATIVA OIL; PYRIMETHAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE OIL; ANTIOXIDANT; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; CARAWAY OIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLACK CUMIN; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DRUG POTENTIATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HISTIOCYTOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LIVER; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPLEEN; SURVIVAL; TACHYZOITE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; COMBINATION DRUG THERAPY; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; TOXOPLASMA; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERFERON-GAMMA; LIVER; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MICE; NIGELLA SATIVA; PARASITE LOAD; PLANT OILS; PYRIMETHAMINE; SPLEEN; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84952978536     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-015-4759-6     Document Type: Article

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