Lycopene: An antioxidant and radioprotector against γ-radiation-induced cellular damages in cultured human lymphocytes

Toxicology

Volumn 262, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-49

  Srinivasan, M ^a   Devipriya, N ^a   Kalpana, K B ^a   Menon, Venugopal P ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Radiation; Dicentric aberration; Lycopene; Lymphocytes; Micronuclei; Radioprotectors; Translocation

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CAROTENOID; CATALASE; DNA; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HYDROPEROXIDE; LYCOPENE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINESIS; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG ACTIVITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION PROTECTION; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; ANTIOXIDANTS; CAROTENOIDS; CATALASE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GAMMA RAYS; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HUMANS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LYMPHOCYTES; MICRONUCLEI, CHROMOSOME-DEFECTIVE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION-PROTECTIVE AGENTS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649338399     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2009.05.004     Document Type: Article

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