Qualitative and quantitative analyses of the decomposition products that arise from the exposure of thymine to monochromatic ultrasoft X rays and 60Co gamma rays in the solid state

Radiation Research

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 442-450

  Akamatsu, Ken ^a   Fujii, Kentaro ^b   Yokoya, Akinari ^b  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 (HYDROXYMETHYL)URACIL; 5 FORMYLURACIL; 5,6 DIHYDROTHYMINE; COBALT 60; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; THYMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URACIL; 5 HYDROXYMETHYLURACIL; 5,6-DIHYDROTHYMINE; 5-FORMYLURACIL; 5-HYDROXYMETHYLURACIL; COBALT; DNA; DRUG DERIVATIVE; PENTOXYL;

ARTICLE; COBALT THERAPY; DECOMPOSITION; DOSE RESPONSE; GAMMA IRRADIATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IRRADIATION; MONOCHROMATIC ULTRASOFT X RAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOCHEMISTRY; SOLID STATE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYNCHROTRON; X IRRADIATION; CALIBRATION; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; GAMMA RADIATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHOTON; RADIATION RESPONSE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TIME; X RAY;

CALIBRATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; GAMMA RAYS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PENTOXYL; PHOTONS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SYNCHROTRONS; THYMINE; TIME FACTORS; URACIL; X-RAYS;

EID: 2442485608     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/3151     Document Type: Article

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