Podophyllum hexandrum as a potential botanical supplement for the medical management of nuclear and radiological emergencies (NREs) and free radical-mediated ailments: Leads from in vitro/in vivo radioprotective efficacy evaluation

Journal of Dietary Supplements

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-50

  Arora, Rajesh ^a   Chawla, Raman ^a   Dhaker, Atlar Singh ^a   Adhikari, Manish ^a   Sharma, Jyoti ^a   Singh, Shikha ^a   Gupta, Damodar ^a   Kumar, Raj ^a   Sharma, Ashok ^a   Sharma, Rakesh K ^a   Tripathi, Rajender P ^a  

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

Author keywords

Free radicals; Ionizing radiation; Nuclear and radiological emergencies; Podophyllum hexandrum; Radioprotectors

Indexed keywords

DNA; FLAVONOID; FREE RADICAL; LIGNAN; MALONALDEHYDE; PLANT EXTRACT; RADIOPROTECTIVE AGENT; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SCAVENGER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG EFFECT; EMERGENCY; ERYTHROCYTE; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; LIPID PEROXIDATION; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; PHYTOTHERAPY; PODOPHYLLUM; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; EMERGENCIES; ERYTHROCYTES; FLAVONOIDS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; FREE RADICALS; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; LIGNANS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PODOPHYLLUM; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION-PROTECTIVE AGENTS; RADIOACTIVE HAZARD RELEASE; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

MUS; SINOPODOPHYLLUM HEXANDRUM;

EID: 77749283077     PISSN: 19390211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/19390210903534996     Document Type: Article

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