Effects of Melissa officinalis L. on oxidative status and DNA damage in subjects exposed to long-term low-dose ionizing radiation

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 205-212

  Zeraatpishe, Akbar ^a   Oryan, Shahrbano ^b   Bagheri, Mohammad Hadi ^c   Pilevarian, Ali Asghar ^d   Malekirad, Ali Akbar ^e   Baeeri, Maryam ^e   Abdollahi, Mohammad ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b KHARAZMI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d PAYAME NOOR UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^e TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Lemon balm; low dose radiation; oxidative stress; radiology staff; toxicity

Indexed keywords

8 HYDROXYDEOXYGUANOSINE; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MELISSA OFFICINALIS EXTRACT; MYELOPEROXIDASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DNA DAMAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELISSA OFFICINALIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT LEAF; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ADULT; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MELISSA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROTECTIVE AGENTS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION, IONIZING;

CITRUS LIMON; MELISSA OFFICINALIS;

EID: 79953327118     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748233710383889     Document Type: Article

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