Protection from lethal and sub-lethal whole body exposures of mice to γ-radiation by Acorus calamus L.: Studies on tissue antioxidant status and cellular DNA damage

Experimental and Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 64, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 57-64

  Sandeep, Divyasree ^a   Nair, Cherupally Krishnan Krishnan ^a  

^a AMALA CANCER RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Radiation; Acorus calamus; Antioxidants; Comet assay; DNA strand breaks; Radioprotection

Indexed keywords

ACORUS CALAMUS EXTRACT; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MALONALDEHYDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ACORUS CALAMUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BRAIN HOMOGENATE; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; GAMMA RADIATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; KIDNEY HOMOGENATE; LETHAL DOSE; LIVER HOMOGENATE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION PROTECTION; SURVIVAL RATE; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ACORUS; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BONE MARROW CELLS; BRAIN; CATALASE; COMET ASSAY; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; GAMMA RAYS; GLUTATHIONE; KIDNEY; LEUKOCYTES; LIVER; MALE; MICE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES, EXPERIMENTAL; RADIATION-PROTECTIVE AGENTS; SPLEEN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

ACORUS CALAMUS; ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 84857649071     PISSN: 09402993     EISSN: 16181433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.etp.2010.06.006     Document Type: Article

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