Pharmacokinetics and biodistribution of thymoquinone-loaded nanostructured lipid carrier after oral and intravenous administration into rats

FH Zakarial Ansar, SY Latifah… - International journal …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Background Thymoquinone (TQ), an active compound isolated from Nigella sativa, has
been proven to exhibit various biological properties such as antioxidant. Although oral …

Acute and subacute toxicity profiles of thymoquinone-loaded nanostructured lipid carrier in BALB/c mice

YS Ong, L Saiful Yazan, WK Ng… - International journal …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Background Thymoquinone (TQ), the predominant active lipophilic component in Nigella
sativa seed oil, has a variety of pharmacological properties such as anticancer activities …

Thymoquinone-loaded nanostructured lipid carriers: preparation, gastroprotection, in vitro toxicity, and pharmacokinetic properties after extravascular administration

SI Abdelwahab, BY Sheikh, MME Taha… - International journal …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Background Nanostructured lipid carriers (NLCs), composed of solid and liquid lipids, and
surfactants are potentially good colloidal drug carriers. Thymoquinone is the main bioactive …

Enhancement of bioavailability and pharmacodynamic effects of thymoquinone via nanostructured lipid carrier (NLC) formulation

M Elmowafy, A Samy, MA Raslan, A Salama, RA Said… - Aaps Pharmscitech, 2016 - Springer
Thymoquinone (TQ), obtained from black cumin (Nigella sativa), is a natural product with
anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory, and hepatoprotective effects but unfortunately with poor …

Thymoquinone‐Loaded Nanostructured Lipid Carrier Exhibited Cytotoxicity towards Breast Cancer Cell Lines (MDA‐MB‐231 and MCF‐7) and Cervical Cancer Cell …

WK Ng, L Saiful Yazan, LH Yap… - BioMed research …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Thymoquinone (TQ) has been shown to exhibit antitumor properties. Thymoquinone‐loaded
nanostructured lipid carrier (TQ‐NLC) was developed to improve the bioavailability and …

Thymoquinone loaded chitosan-Solid lipid nanoparticles: Formulation optimization to oral bioavailability study

I Rahat, M Rizwanullah, SJ Gilani… - Journal of Drug Delivery …, 2021 - Elsevier
High lipophilicity, low bioavailability, and hostile gastrointestinal (GI) environment is the
major concern in oral administration of thymoquinone (TQ). Herein, we developed chitosan …

Cytotoxic effect of thymoquinone‐loaded nanostructured lipid carrier (TQ‐NLC) on liver cancer cell integrated with hepatitis B genome, Hep3B

AS Haron, SS Syed Alwi, L Saiful Yazan… - Evidence‐Based …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Thymoquinone (TQ), a bioactive compound found in Nigella sativa, cannot be orally
consumed due to its lipophilicity. In order to overcome this low bioavailability, TQ is loaded …

Nanocarriers: more than tour de force for thymoquinone

C Rathore, MJ Rathbone, DK Chellappan… - Expert Opinion on …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Introduction: Thymoquinone (TQ), 2-isopropyl-5-methylbenzo-1, 4-quinone, the
main active constituent of Nigella sativa (NS) plant, has been proven to be of great …

Development of stable liposomal drug delivery system of thymoquinone and its in vitro anticancer studies using breast cancer and cervical cancer cell lines

MH Shariare, MA Khan, A Al-Masum, JH Khan, J Uddin… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Thymoquinone, a well-known phytoconstituent derived from the seeds of Nigella sativa,
exhibits unique pharmacological activities However, despite the various medicinal …

Enhanced oral bioavailability and hepatoprotective activity of thymoquinone in the form of phospholipidic nano-constructs

C Rathore, N Upadhyay, R Kaundal… - Expert opinion on …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Background: The poor biopharmaceutical properties of thymoquinone (TQ) obstruct its
development as a hepatoprotective agent. To surmount the delivery challenges of TQ …