Hydrogen therapy may reduce the risks related to radiation-induced oxidative stress in space flight

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 117-118

  Schoenfeld, Michael P ^a   Ansari, Rafat R ^b   Zakrajsek, June F ^b   Billiar, Timothy R ^c   Toyoda, Yoshiya ^c   Wink, David A ^d   Nakao, Atsunori ^c  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; DRINKING WATER; HEME OXYGENASE 1; HYDROGEN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ARTICLE; CELL PROTECTION; COSMIC RADIATION; HUMAN; HYDROGEN THERAPY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RADIATION INDUCED OXIDATIVE STRESS; RADIATION INJURY; RISK REDUCTION; SPACE FLIGHT; SUPPLEMENTATION;

COSMIC RADIATION; HUMANS; HYDROGEN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RISK; SPACE FLIGHT;

EID: 78650177813     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2010.08.046     Document Type: Article

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