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Protection by Nigella sativa against carbon tetrachloride-induced downregulation of hepatic cytochrome p450 isozymes in rats
2008
Ibrahim, Z.S.(Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo (Japan)) | Ishizuka, M. | Soliman, M. | ElBohi, K. | Sobhy, W. | Muzandu, K. | Elkattawy, A.M. | Sakamoto, K.Q. | Fujita, S.
Nigella sativa (family Ranunculaceae ) is an annual plant that has been traditionally used on the Indian subcontinent and in Middle Eastern countries. In this study, we investigated the effect of N. sativa oil on the drug-metabolizing cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes and whether it has a protective effect against the acute hepatotoxicity of CCl4. Intraperitoneal injection of rats with CCl4 drastically decreased CYP2E1, CYP2B, CYP3A2, CYP2C11, and CYP1A2 mRNA and protein expressions. Oral administration of 1 ml/kg N. sativa oil every day for one week prior to CCl4 injection alleviated CCl4-induced suppression of CYP2B, CYP3A2, CYP2C11, and CYP1A2. Moreover, CCl4 increased iNOS and TNFalpha mRNA, while N. sativa oil administration for one week prior to CCl4 injection downregulated the CCl4-induced iNOS mRNA and up-regulated IL-10 mRNA. These results indicate that N. sativa oil administration has a protective effect against the CCl4-mediated suppression of hepatic CYPs and that this protective effect is partly due to the downregulation of NO production and up-regulation of the anti-inflamnatory IL-10.
Show more [+] Less [-]Neurotoxicity in calves induced by the plant, Nierembergia hippomanica Miers var. violacea Millan in South Africa
1999
Botha, C.J. (Pretoria Univ., Onderstepoort (South Africa). Dept. of Pharmacology and Toxicology) | Schultz, R.A. | Van der Lugt, J.J. | Retief, E. | Labuschagne, L.
