Nigella sativa Immunomoulatory Effect in Carcinogenic Mice

Doxorubicin (DOX) is an anticancer drug, used to cure lung cancer in spite of its side effect on the heart. The present study assessed the efficacy of black seed (BS) in treatment of the induced pathological alterations in heart of white albino mice following the injection with the anticancer drug DOX. Data showed the immunomodulatory effect of BS resulted in improvement in lung and heart tissues incurred lesions, and decreased the cytokeratin expression in lung tissues.

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Amal A. E. Ibrahim, Assoc. Prof. of histology and histochemistry, worked in Ain Shams University, Egypt. She is interested in immunohistochemical staining to detect the different subtypes of cells and proteins inside tissues. Exploring the immunomodulatory effect of natural herbsto avoid dangers by therapeutic drugs and in many diseases like cance