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Protective effect of thymoquinone, the active constituent of <i>Nigella sativa</i> fixed oil, against ethanol toxicity in rats.

Sayed Masoud Hosseini, Elahe Taghiabadi, Khalil Abnous, Alireza Timcheh Hariri, Hamed Pourbakhsh, Hossein Hosseinzadeh

PubMed · 2017 · 55 citations · 40 references

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This study indicates that thymoquinone may have preventive effects against ethanol toxicity in the liver and kidney tissue through reduction in lipid peroxidation and inflammation, and also interrupting apoptosis.

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