The radioprotective effect of Zataria multiflora against genotoxicity induced by γ irradiation in human blood lymphocytes

Cancer Biotherapy and Radiopharmaceuticals

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 325-329

  Hosseinimehr, Seyed Jalal ^a   Mahmoudzadeh, Aziz ^b   Ahmadi, Amirhossein ^a   Ashrafi, Saeb Ahmad ^a   Shafaghati, Nayereh ^a   Hedayati, Narges ^a  

^a MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Novin Medical Radiation Institute   (Iran)

Author keywords

lymphocyte; micronuclei; radioprotective; Zataria

Indexed keywords

PLANT EXTRACT; SCAVENGER; THYMOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZATARIA MULTIFLORA EXTRACT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL PROTECTION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINESIS; DRUG EFFECT; GAMMA IRRADIATION; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MEDICINAL PLANT; MICRONUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION PROTECTION; ZATARIA MULTIFLORA;

ANTIOXIDANTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FERNS; FREE RADICALS; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RADIATION-PROTECTIVE AGENTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79960044268     PISSN: 10849785     EISSN: 15578852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cbr.2010.0896     Document Type: Article

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