Hussam Mizher

Faculty of Pharmacy, International Islamic University Malaysia, Kuantan Campus, Malaysia

Publications

• Research   
  Antihypertensive and Antihyperlipidemic Effects of Thymoquinone in L-NAME-Induced Hypertensive Rats
  Author(s): Marwan Saad Azzubaidi*, Uday Younis Hussein Abdullah, Nordin bin Simbak, Shazia Jamshed and Hussam Mizher
  
  Thymoquinone (TQ) is gaining increasing considerations in medical research due to its broad spectrum of biological activities against diseases such as neurodegeneration and hypertension.  The objective of this study was to evaluate the antihypertensive and lipid-lowering potential of TQ on L-NAME-induced hypertensive rats. Hypertension was induced in 36 Sprague Dawley rats by administration of L-Nitro-Arginine Methyl Ester (L-NAME) in drinking water for 4 weeks. Then rats were divided into 6 groups (n=6): L-NAME–alone, L-NAME+TQ2.5, L-NAME+TQ5, L-NAME+TQ10, L-NAME+captopril, an.. Read More»
  

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