Radioprotective effect of chitosan in sub-lethally X-ray irradiated mice

Journal of Radiation Research

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 53-58

  Nishimura, Yoshikazu ^a   Kim, Hee Sun ^b   Ikota, Nobuo ^a   Arima, Hiromi ^a   Bom, Hee Seung ^c   Kim, Young H O ^c   Watanabe, Yoshito ^a   Yukawa, Masae ^a   Ozawa, Toshihiko ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co   (South Korea)

^c Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chitosan; ESR; Radioprotection; Scavenging abilities; X ray irradiation

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; IRRADIATION; MAMMALS;

20 HIGHS; COUNTS-AS; EXPOSED TO; LEUCOCYTES; RADIOPROTECTION; SCAVENGING ABILITY; SURVIVAL RATE; WEIGHT RATIOS; WHOLE-BODY; X RAY IRRADIATION;

CHITOSAN;

CHITOSAN; HEMOGLOBIN; CHITIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; RADIOPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ERYTHROCYTE; HEMATOCRIT; IRRADIATION; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION; SPIN TRAPPING; SPLEEN; SURVIVAL; THROMBOCYTE; WHOLE BODY RADIATION; X RAY; ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; C3H MOUSE; DRUG EFFECT; HISTOLOGY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MORTALITY; ORGAN SIZE; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHITIN; CHITOSAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; ORGAN SIZE; RADIATION-PROTECTIVE AGENTS; SPLEEN; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

EID: 2542611777     PISSN: 04493060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1269/jrr.44.53     Document Type: Article

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