Thymoquinone mitigate ischemia-reperfusion-induced liver injury in rats: a pivotal role of nitric oxide signaling pathway

Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's Archives of Pharmacology

Volumn 390, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 69-76

  Abd Elbaset, Mohamed ^a   Arafa, El Shaimaa A ^a,b   El Sherbiny, Gamal A ^c   Abdel Bakky, Mohamed S ^d,e   Elgendy, Abdel Nasser A M ^f  

^a Beni Suef University   (Egypt)

^b AJMAN UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^c Kafrelsheikh University   (Egypt)

^d Al Azhar University   (Egypt)

^e JOUF UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^f Beni Suef University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

eNOS; Hepatic ischemia reperfusion; iNOS; NOSTRIN; Thymoquinone

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; GLUTATHIONE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; MALONALDEHYDE; MYELOPEROXIDASE; NITRIC OXIDE; NOSTRIN PROTEIN; PROTEIN; THYMOQUINONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIOXIDANT; BENZOQUINONE DERIVATIVE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; NOS2 PROTEIN, RAT; NOS3 PROTEIN, RAT; PEROXIDASE;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LIVER INJURY; LIVER PROTECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CELL PROTECTION; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WISTAR RAT;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALANINE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASES; BENZOQUINONES; BIOMARKERS; CYTOPROTECTION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GLUTATHIONE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PEROXIDASE; RATS, WISTAR; REPERFUSION INJURY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84990990438     PISSN: 00281298     EISSN: 14321912     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00210-016-1306-7     Document Type: Article

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