Compton scattering by internal shields based on melanin-containing mushrooms provides protection of gastrointestinal tract from ionizing radiation

Cancer Biotherapy and Radiopharmaceuticals

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 570-576

  Revskaya, Ekaterina ^a   Chu, Peter ^a   Howell, Robertha C ^a   Schweitzer, Andrew D ^a,b,c   Bryan, Ruth A ^a   Harris, Matthew ^a   Gerfen, Gary ^a   Jiang, Zewei ^a   Jandl, Thomas ^a   Kim, Kami ^a   Ting, Li Min ^a   Sellers, Rani S ^a   Dadachova, Ekaterina ^a   Casadevall, Arturo ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Black mushrooms; GI syndrome; Melanin; Radioprotection

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AURICULARIA AURICULA-JUDAE; BONE MARROW; CELL DIVISION; COMPTON EFFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDIBLE MUSHROOM; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; IN VIVO STUDY; IONIZING RADIATION; LETHAL DOSE; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION PROTECTION; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

AGARICALES; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; APOPTOSIS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; MELANINS; MICE; RADIATION-PROTECTIVE AGENTS; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

EID: 84868268330     PISSN: 10849785     EISSN: 15578852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cbr.2012.1318     Document Type: Article

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