Increased folate catabolism following total body γ-irradiation in mice

Journal of Radiation Research

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 141-144

  Kesavan, Vellappan ^a   Pote, Madan S ^a   Batra, Vipen ^a   Viswanathan, Gomathy ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Folate catabolism; Folate homeostasis; Oxidative cleavage; p Aminobenzoylglutamic acid; radiation

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; GAMMA RAYS; MAMMALS; METABOLISM;

FOLATE CATABOLISM; FOLATE HOMEOSTASIS; FOLATES; GLUTAMIC ACID; OXIDATIVE CLEAVAGES; OXIDATIVE DAMAGE; P-AMINOBENZOYLGLUTAMIC ACID; SPLITTINGS; THREE FOLDS; Γ-RADIATION;

IRRADIATION;

FOLIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PTERIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMMA IRRADIATION; HOMEOSTASIS; LIVER; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 2942551261     PISSN: 04493060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1269/jrr.44.141     Document Type: Article

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