Whole body protection against lethal ionizing radiation in mice by REC-2001: A semi-purified fraction of Podophyllum hexandrum

Phytomedicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-55

  Lata, M ^a   Prasad, J ^a   Singh, S ^a   Kumar, R ^a   Singh, L ^a   Chaudhary, P ^a   Arora, R ^a   Chawla, R ^a   Tyagi, S ^a   Soni, N L ^a   Sagar, R K ^a   Devi, M ^a   Sharma, R K ^a   Puri, S C ^b   Tripathi, R P ^a  

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

^b CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; DNA damage; Lignans; Podophyllum hexandrum; Radioprotection; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

RADIOPROTECTIVE AGENT; REC 2001; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT S; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; GAMMA RADIATION; IONIZING RADIATION; LIPID DEGRADATION; MALE; MAXIMUM TOLERATED DOSE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PODOPHYLLUM HEXANDRUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION; SURVIVAL; THYMOCYTE; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; GAMMA RAYS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LINOLEIC ACID; MAXIMUM TOLERATED DOSE; MICE; PHYTOTHERAPY; RADIATION INJURIES, EXPERIMENTAL; RADIATION-PROTECTIVE AGENTS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SPLEEN; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

ANIMALIA; MUS; SINOPODOPHYLLUM HEXANDRUM;

EID: 58149485067     PISSN: 09447113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2007.04.010     Document Type: Article

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