Enhancement in repair of radiation-induced DNA strand breaks in vivo by tocopherol monoglucoside

International Journal of Low Radiation

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-52

  Salvi, Veena Prakash ^a   Maurya, Dharmendra Kumar ^a   Kagiya, Tsutomu V ^b   Nair, Cherupally Krishnan Krishnan ^a,c  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^b HEALTH RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Japan)

^c AMALA CANCER RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Comet assay; DNA damage; DNA repair; DNA repair enhancement; Radioprotector; Tocopherol monoglucoside

Indexed keywords

TOCOPHEROL; TOCOPHEROL MONOGLUCOSIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DRUG MECHANISM; GAMMA RADIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

EID: 34548057277     PISSN: 14776545     EISSN: 17419190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJLR.2007.014488     Document Type: Article

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