Volume & Issue: Volume 6, Issue 1, January and February 2016, Pages 1-141 

Mini Review Article

Renal injury, nephrolithiasis and Nigella sativa: A mini review

Pages 1-8

Parichehr Hayatdavoudi; Abolfazl Khajavi Rad; Ziba Rajaei; Mousa AL-Reza Hadjzadeh


Review Article

Gastrointestinal effects of Nigella sativa and its main constituent, thymoquinone: a review

Pages 9-20

Farzaneh Shakeri; Zahra Gholamnezhad; Bruno Mégarbane; Ramin Rezaee; Mohammad Hosein Boskabady


The protective effect of Nigella sativa against cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity in rats

Pages 44-54

Sara Hosseinian; Abolfazl Khajavi rad; Mousa-Al-Reza Hadjzadeh; Nema Mohamadian Roshan; Shahrzad Havakhah; Somayeh Shafiee


Attenuation of morphine tolerance and dependence by thymoquinone in mice

Pages 55-66

Hossein Hosseinzadeh; Siavash Parvardeh; Alireza Masoudi; Mahsa Moghimi; Fatemeh Mahboobifard


Nigella sativa seed decreases endothelial dysfunction in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rat aorta

Pages 67-76

Abbasali Abbasnezhad; Saeed Niazmand; Maryam Mahmoudabady; Mohammad Soukhtanloo; Seyed Abdolrahim Rezaee; Seyed Mojtaba Mousavi


Effect of Alpha-Hederin, the active constituent of Nigella sativa, on miRNA-126, IL-13 mRNA levels and inflammation of lungs in ovalbumin-sensitized male rats

Pages 77-85

Maryam Fallahi; Rana Keyhanmanesh; Amir Mahdi Khamaneh; Mohammad Ali Ebrahimi Saadatlou; Saeideh Saadat; Hadi Ebrahimi


Adriamycin-induced oxidative stress is prevented by mixed hydro-alcoholic extract of Nigella sativa and Curcuma longa in rat kidney

Pages 86-94

Reza Mohebbati; Mohammad Naser Shafei; Mohammad Soukhtanloo; Noema Mohammadian Roshan; Abolfazl Khajavi Rad; Akbar Anaeigoudari; Sara Hosseinian; Sareh Karimi; Farimah Beheshti


The effects of Nigella sativa on sickness behavior induced by lipopolysaccharide in male Wistar rats

Pages 104-116

Fatemeh Norouzi; Azam Abareshi; Akbar Anaeigoudari; Mohammad Naser Shafei; Zahra Gholamnezhad; Mohsen Saeedjalali; Reza Mohebati; Mahmoud Hosseini


Short communication

Safety evaluation of Phytovagex, a pessary formulation of Nigella sativa, on pregnant rats

Pages 117-123

Reza Salarinia; Hassan Rakhshandeh; Davood Oliaee; Sima Gul Sima Gul Ghasemi; Ahmad Ghorbani


Review Article

Neuropharmacological effects of Nigella sativa

Pages 124-141

Farimah Beheshti; Majid Khazaei; Mahmoud Hosseini