Evaluation of caffeine as a radioprotector in whole-body irradiated male mice

In Vivo

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 197-200

  Kim, Jin Kyu ^a   Kim, Ji Hyang ^a,b   Yoon, Yong Dal ^b  

^a Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Caffeine; Mice; Radioprotector; Steroidogenesis

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; FAS ANTIGEN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P21; PROTEIN P53; RADIOPROTECTIVE AGENT; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; IONIZING RADIATION; KINETICS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN; PROTECTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERUM; TESTIS; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

EID: 0037532392     PISSN: 0258851X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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