Radioprotective activity of naturally occurring organosulfur compounds

Tumori

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 163-169

  Chittezhath, Manesh ^a   Kuttan, Girija ^a  

^a AMALA CANCER RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Isothiocyanates; Radioprotection; Sulfur compounds; Swiss albino mice

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALLYL ISOTHIOCYANATE; ALLYL METHYL SULFIDE; ALLYL SULFIDE; DIALLYL DISULFIDE; GLUTATHIONE; ISOTHIOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE; LIPID PEROXIDE; ORGANOSULFUR DERIVATIVE; PHENYL ISOTHIOCYANATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALLYL COMPOUND; AMINOTRANSFERASE; DISULFIDE; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; PYRUVATE SYNTHASE; RADIOPROTECTIVE AGENT; SULFIDE; THIOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTESTINE MUCOSA; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; ORGAN DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION PROTECTION; WHOLE BODY RADIATION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; ENZYMOLOGY; LIVER; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY;

ALLYL COMPOUNDS; ANIMALS; DISULFIDES; GLUTAMATE SYNTHASE; GLUTATHIONE; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; ISOTHIOCYANATES; LIPID PEROXIDES; LIVER; MICE; PYRUVATE SYNTHASE; RADIATION-PROTECTIVE AGENTS; SULFIDES; THIOCYANATES; TRANSAMINASES;

EID: 33744764201     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089160609200213     Document Type: Article

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