Protection of mouse bone marrow against radiation-induced chromosome damage and stem cell death by the Ocimum flavonoids orientin and vicenin

Radiation Research

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 165-171

  Nayak, ^a,b   Uma Devi, P ^a  

^a Jawaharlal Nehru Cancer Hospital & Research Centre Bhopal   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT 60; FLAVONOID; OCIMUM SANCTUM EXTRACT; ORIENTIN; RADIOPROTECTIVE AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VICENIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CELL DEATH; CELL PROTECTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHROMOSOME DAMAGE; COLONY FORMING UNIT S; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; FEMALE; GAMMA RADIATION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OCIMUM SANCTUM; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY;

ANIMALS; APIGENIN; APOPTOSIS; BONE MARROW; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOMES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FLAVONOIDS; GLUCOSIDES; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MICE; OCIMUM; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION-PROTECTIVE AGENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 12844284515     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR3263     Document Type: Article

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