Whole body protection to lethally irradiated mice by oral administration of semipurified fraction of Podophyllum hexandrum and post irradiation treatment of Picrorhiza kurroa

Tokai Journal of Experimental and Clinical Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 6-12

  Gupta, Manju Lata ^a   Sankhwar, Sanghmitra ^a   Verma, Savita ^a   Devi, Memita ^a   Samanta, Namita ^a   Agrawala, Paban Kumar ^a   Kumar, Raj ^a   Singh, Pankaj Kumar ^a  

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

Author keywords

Herbal radioprotector; Lethal radiation; Picrorhiza kurroa; Podophyllum hexandrum; Radioprotection; Whole body survival

Indexed keywords

PICRORHIZA KURROA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; PODOPHYLLUM HEXANDRUM EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT S; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ISOLATION; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; LD 50; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MAXIMUM TOLERATED DOSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PODOPHYLLUM HEXANDRUM; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION PROTECTION; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SURVIVAL RATE; TOXICITY TESTING; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COLONY-FORMING UNITS ASSAY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; GAMMA RAYS; LETHAL DOSE 50; MALE; MICE; PICRORHIZA; PODOPHYLLUM; RADIATION INJURIES, EXPERIMENTAL; RADIATION-PROTECTIVE AGENTS; RHIZOME; SPLEEN; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

EID: 57149103520     PISSN: 03850005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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