Gamma-tocotrienol, a tocol antioxidant as a potent radioprotector

International Journal of Radiation Biology

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 598-606

  Ghosh, Sanchita P ^a   Kulkarni, Shilpa ^a   Hieber, Kevin ^a   Toles, Raymond ^a   Romanyukha, Lyudmila ^a   Kao, Tzu Cheg ^a   Hauer Jensen, Martin ^b   Kumar, K Sree ^a  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti oxidant; Gamma tocotrienol; Ionising radiation; Mice; Radioprotectant

Indexed keywords

GAMMA TOCOTRIENOL; RADIOPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM INJURY; HEMATOPOIESIS; LETHALITY; MALE; MONOCYTE; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PANCYTOPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION PROTECTION; RETICULOCYTE; SURVIVAL TIME; THROMBOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BLOOD PLATELETS; CHROMANS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MICE; NEUTROPHILS; RADIATION-PROTECTIVE AGENTS; VITAMIN E;

MUS;

EID: 67651162024     PISSN: 09553002     EISSN: 13623095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09553000902985128     Document Type: Article

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