Evaluation of silymarin as a promising radioprotector

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 65 C, Issue 5-6, 2010, Pages 337-346

  Adhikari, Manish ^a   Arora, Rajesh ^a,b   Chawla, Raman ^a   Sharma, Jyoti ^a   Dhaker, Atlar Singh ^a   Gupta, Damodar ^a   Dubey, Neha ^a   Kumar, Raj ^a   Ivanov, Veselin ^b   Gadjeva, Veselina ^b   Gevrenova, Renata ^c   Sharma, Rakesh Kumar ^a  

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

^b TRAKIA UNIVERSITY   (Bulgaria)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Radioprotection; Silymarin

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954965566     PISSN: 09395075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/znc-2010-5-605     Document Type: Article

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