Natural β-carotene and whole body irradiation in rats

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 285-288

  Ben Amotz, Ami ^a   Rachmilevich, Boris ^b   Greenberg, Simon ^b   Sela, Mordechai ^b   Weshler, Zeev ^b  

^a ISRAEL OCEANOGRAPHIC AND LIMNOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; LIPID OXIDATION; NONHUMAN; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION DOSE; RAT; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BETA CAROTENE; FREE RADICALS; LIVER; MALE; RADIATION-PROTECTIVE AGENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VITAMIN A; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

EID: 0030464090     PISSN: 0301634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004110050041     Document Type: Article

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