Protection against genotoxic damages following whole body gamma radiation exposure in mice by lipoic acid

Mutation Research - Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis

Volumn 724, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 52-58

  Ramachandran, Lakshmy ^a   Nair, Cherupally Krishnan Krishnan ^a  

^a AMALA CANCER RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Chromosomal aberration; Comet assay; Lipid peroxidation; Lipoic acid; Micronucleus; Radioprotector

Indexed keywords

PLASMID DNA; THIOCTIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CHROMOSOME DAMAGE; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; GAMMA IRRADIATION; GENOTOXICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RETICULOCYTE; SPLEEN CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL MEMBRANE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; GAMMA RAYS; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; MICE; MICRONUCLEI, CHROMOSOME-DEFECTIVE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION-PROTECTIVE AGENTS; THIOCTIC ACID; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

MUS;

EID: 79960977660     PISSN: 13835718     EISSN: 18793592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2011.06.002     Document Type: Article

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