Whole body radioprotective activity of an acetone-water extract from the seedpod of Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn. seedpod

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3374-3384

  Duan, Y ^a   Zhang, H ^a   Xie, B ^b   Yan, Y ^a   Li, J ^a   Xu, F ^a   Qin, Y ^a  

^a JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Irradiation injury; Lotus seedpod; Procyanidins; Radioprotective activity

Indexed keywords

NELUMBO NUCIFERA EXTRACT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FACE EDEMA; GAMMA IRRADIATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; LETHARGY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS TEST; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOUSE; NELUMBO; NELUMBO NUCIFERA; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PLANT SEED; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION SICKNESS; SKIN DEFECT; SPLEEN INJURY; SURVIVAL TIME; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ACETONE; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BONE MARROW; CHROMOSOMES; GAMMA RAYS; HEMATINICS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MICE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; NELUMBO; PLANT EXTRACTS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION-PROTECTIVE AGENTS; SEEDS; SOLVENTS; SPLEEN; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WATER; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

MUS; NELUMBO NUCIFERA;

EID: 78049448799     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2010.09.008     Document Type: Article

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