Radio-protective role of antioxidant agents

Oncology Reviews

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 130-134

  Shirazi, Alireza ^a   Mihandoost, Ehsan ^b   Mahdavi, Seied Rabie ^a   Mohseni, Mehran ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c KASHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Herbal radio protectors; Melatonin; Radio protectors; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL DERIVATIVE; AMIFOSTINE; ANETHOLE TRITHIONE; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; CITRUS EXTRACT; EBSELEN; ELEUTHEROCOCCUS SENTICOSUS EXTRACT; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; LIPOXYGENASE; MELATONIN; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PLANT EXTRACT; PROPOLIS; REACTIVE NITROGEN SPECIES; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RETINOL; SELENIUM; SODIUM SELENITE; TOCOPHEROL MONOGLUCOSIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL PROTECTION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; GAMMA RADIATION; GINKGO BILOBA; GINSENG; HUMAN; INONOTUS OBLIQUUS; IONIZING RADIATION; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; ONCOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION PROTECTION; REVIEW; SPIRULINA PLATENSIS; TEA; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 84878631737     PISSN: 19705557     EISSN: 19705565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/oncol.2012.e16     Document Type: Review

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