Radioprotective activity of Gentiana lutea extract and mangiferin

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1693-1696

  Menkovic, Nebojsa ^a   Juranic, Zorica ^b   Stanojkovic, Tatjana ^b   Raonic Stevanovic, Tatjana ^b   Šavikin, Katarina ^a   Zdunić, Gordana ^a   Borojevic, Nenad ^b  

^a Institute for Medicinal Plants Research   (Serbia)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ONCOLOGY AND RADIOLOGY OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Gentiana lutea; Malignant cells; Mangiferin; PBMC; Radioprotective

Indexed keywords

GENTIANA LUTEA EXTRACT; MANGIFERIN; PLANT EXTRACT; RADIOSENSITIZING AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOTOXICITY; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; FLOWER; GENTIAN; GENTIANA LUTEA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IONIZING RADIATION; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PLANT LEAF; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOSENSITIZATION; X RAY;

GENTIANA; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; PLANT EXTRACTS; RADIATION-PROTECTIVE AGENTS; X-RAYS; XANTHONES;

GENTIANA LUTEA;

EID: 78049426071     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: 10991573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.3225     Document Type: Article

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