Ginger (Zingiber officinale rosc.), a dietary supplement, protects mice against radiation-induced lethality: Mechanism of action

Cancer Biotherapy and Radiopharmaceuticals

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 422-435

  Jagetia, Ganesh ^a   Baliga, Manjeshwar ^a   Venkatesh, Ponemone ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Acute toxicity; Free radical scavenging; Glutathione; Lipid peroxidation; Radiation; Radioprotection; Survival; Zingiber officinale (ginger)

Indexed keywords

2,2 AZINOBIS(3 ETHYLBENZOTHIAZOLINE 6 SULFONIC ACID); BENZOTHIAZOLINE DERIVATIVE; GINGER EXTRACT; GLUTATHIONE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; OXYGEN RADICAL; RADIOPROTECTIVE AGENT; SCAVENGER; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG MECHANISM; GAMMA RADIATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GINGER; LETHALITY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MONITORING; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION SICKNESS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; GINGER; GLUTATHIONE; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MICE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RADIATION-PROTECTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 4644300649     PISSN: 10849785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cbr.2004.19.422     Document Type: Article

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