Fish oil omega-3 fatty acids reduce the severity of radiation-induced oxidative stress in the rat brain

International Journal of Radiation Biology

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1179-1183

  Saada, Helen N ^a   Said, Ussama Z ^a   Mahdy, Elsayed M E ^b   Elmezayen, Hattem E ^b   Shedid, Shereen M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR RADIATION RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY   (Egypt)

^b Helwan University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Brain; Fish oil; Oxidative stress; Radiation; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING); ASPARTIC ACID; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; CATALASE; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FISH OIL; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; MALONALDEHYDE; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; SEROTONIN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GAMMA IRRADIATION; HEMISPHERE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN CONTENT; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RAT; SEROTONIN METABOLISM; TREATMENT DURATION; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; GAMMA RADIATION; METABOLISM; RADIATION RESPONSE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ACID; BRAIN; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; GAMMA RAYS; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEROTONIN;

EID: 84918554777     PISSN: 09553002     EISSN: 13623095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09553002.2014.934928     Document Type: Article

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