Radioprotection by Rhodiola imbricata in mice against whole-body lethal irradiation

Journal of Medicinal Food

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 154-160

  Goel, H C ^a,c   Bala, Madhu ^a   Prasad, J ^a   Singh, S ^a   Agrawala, P K ^a   Swahney, R C ^b  

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

^b DEFENCE INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

^c CH CHARAN SINGH UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Colony forming units; Herbal radioprotector; Rhodiola; Whole body lethal irradiation

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; PLANT EXTRACT; RHODIOLA IMBRICATA EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HERB; INDIAN; MALE; MAXIMUM TOLERATED DOSE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION PROTECTION; RHODIOLA; RHODIOLA IMBRICATA; SPLEEN; SURVIVAL; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ANIMALS; ETHANOL; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; MALE; MAXIMUM TOLERATED DOSE; MICE; RADIATION-PROTECTIVE AGENTS; RHODIOLA; SPLEEN; STEM CELLS; TIME FACTORS; WATER; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

RHODIOLA;

EID: 33745864039     PISSN: 1096620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jmf.2006.9.154     Document Type: Article

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