Ferulic acid inhibits gamma radiation-induced DNA strand breaks and enhances the survival of mice

Cancer Biotherapy and Radiopharmaceuticals

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 51-57

  Maurya, Dharmendra Kumar ^a   Devasagayam, Thomas Paul Asir ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Comet assay; Ferulic acid; Gamma H2AX foci; Micronuclei; Radioprotection

Indexed keywords

FERULIC ACID; HISTONE H2AX;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; GAMMA RADIATION; HISTONE PHOSPHORYLATION; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MICRONUCLEUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; BONE MARROW CELLS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; COUMARIC ACIDS; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; GAMMA RAYS; HISTONES; LEUKOCYTES; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MICE; MICRONUCLEUS TESTS; RADIATION-PROTECTIVE AGENTS; SPLEEN; SURVIVAL RATE; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

EID: 84872183974     PISSN: 10849785     EISSN: 15578852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cbr.2012.1263     Document Type: Article

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