Protection against radiation oxidative damage in mice by Triphala

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 609, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 17-25

  Sandhya, T ^a   Lathika, K M ^a   Pandey, B N ^a   Bhilwade, H N ^a   Chaubey, R C ^a   Priyadarsini, K I ^a   Mishra, K P ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Cellular oxidative stress; Herbal antioxidant; Radiation protection; Superoxide dismutase; Triphala; Xanthine oxidase

Indexed keywords

AYURVEDIC DRUG; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AYURVEDA; CELL PROTECTION; COMET ASSAY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GAMMA IRRADIATION; LEUKOCYTE; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION PROTECTION; SPLEEN CELL; TRIPHALA; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; COMET ASSAY; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; FEMALE; FRUIT; INTESTINES; LEUKOCYTES; MEDICINE, AYURVEDIC; MICE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYLLANTHUS EMBLICA; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT PREPARATIONS; RADIATION INJURIES, EXPERIMENTAL; RADIATION-PROTECTIVE AGENTS; SPLEEN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TERMINALIA; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33748131226     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2006.05.006     Document Type: Article

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