Radioprotective effects of Gentianella austriaca fractions and polyphenolic constituents in human lymphocytes

Planta Medica

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 736-740

  Janković, Teodora ^a   Šavikin, Katarina ^a   Menković, Nebojša ^a   Aljančić, Ivana ^b   Leskovac, Andreja ^c   Petrović, Sandra ^c   Joksić, Gordana ^c  

^a Institute for Medicinal Plants Research   (Serbia)

^b Institute for Chemistry   (Serbia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Gentianaceae; Gentianella austriaca; Micronuclei; Radioprotection; Xanthones

Indexed keywords

BELLIDIFOLIN 8 O GLUCOSIDE; DEMETHYLBELLIDIFOLIN 8 O GLUCOSIDE; ETHER; FLAVONOID; MALONALDEHYDE; METHANOL; NORBELLIDIFOLIN; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; SWERTISIN; XANTHONE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROTECTION; CHROMOSOME DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ISOLATION; GAMMA IRRADIATION; GAMMA RADIATION; GENTIANELLA; GENTIANELLA AUSTRIACA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; RADIATION PROTECTION;

ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; CELL PROLIFERATION; FLAVONOIDS; GAMMA RAYS; GENTIANELLA; HUMANS; HYDRAZINES; LYMPHOCYTES; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; PHENOLS; RADIATION-PROTECTIVE AGENTS;

GENTIANACEAE; GENTIANELLA AUSTRIACA;

EID: 45849147001     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1074524     Document Type: Article

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