Protection of the hemopoietic system by Podophyllum hexandrum against gamma radiation-induced damage

Planta Medica

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 114-120

  Sagar, Ravinder Kumar ^a   Chawla, Raman ^a   Arora, Rajesh ^a   Singh, Shikha ^a   Krishna, Bal ^c   Sharma, Rakesh Kumar ^a   Puri, Satish Chandra ^b   Singh, Pankaj ^a   Kumar, Raj ^a   Sharma, Ashok Kumar ^a   Singh, Surender ^a   Prasad, Jagdish ^a   Gupta, Vinay ^b   Ahmed, Bilal ^b   Dhar, Kanaya Lal ^b   Khan, Haider Ali ^d   Gupta, Manju Lata ^a   Qazi, Ghulam Nabi ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

^b CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE   (India)

^c MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^d HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Hemopoietic system; Lignan glycoside; Podophyllotoxin; Podophyllum hexandrum; Radioprotection

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; PODOPHYLLOTOXIN; PODOPHYLUM HEXANDRUM EXTRACT; REC 2001; SCAVENGER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; GAMMA RADIATION; HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM; HEMOLYSIS; LIPID OXIDATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PODOPHYLLUM HEXANDRUM; RADIATION DOSE;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; ERYTHROCYTES; GAMMA RAYS; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MICE; PODOPHYLLOTOXIN; PODOPHYLLUM; RADIATION-PROTECTIVE AGENTS;

ANIMALIA; SINOPODOPHYLLUM HEXANDRUM;

EID: 33644500459     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-873148     Document Type: Article

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