14.00 800x600 introduction: oral intake of vitamins which present antioxidant characteristics can protect living organisms against oxidative damage caused by exposure to ionizing radiation. it was previously reported that administration of high levels of vitamin c can lead to increased dna damage through production of hydroxyl radicals from hydrogen peroxide by the fenton reaction. however, our...

objective(s)the aim of this study was to investigate the radioprotective effect of green tea against genotoxicity induced by gamma irradiation in cultured blood lymphocytes from 5 human volunteers.materials and methodsperipheral blood samples were collected from volunteers before and 1, 3 and 5 hr after drinking a decoction 4 g green tea in 280 ml boiling water for 5 constitutive days with the ...

G.T. NURMADIYEVA 1, B.A. ZHETPISPAEV 2, D.E. UZBEKOV N.B. SAYAKENOV 3, Zh.U. KOZYKENOVA A.K. KANATBEKOVA S.E. UZBEKOVA A.Sh. KYDYRMOLDINA 4 1. Semey Medical University, Semey, the Republic of Kazakhstan; 2. L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National Nur-Sultan, 3. Scientific Research Institute Forensic Expertise, […]

background: the increasing use of nuclear radiation for human welfare necessitates the search for new, safe, cost effective radio protectors not only for the personnel’s charged with the responsibility of working or testing with radiations in laboratories, but also for general public. with this view the present study has been undertaken to determine the deleterious effects of sub lethal gamma r...

background: synthetic radio-protective agents like aminothiols are toxic and fda approved agent amifostine is no exception. some ayurvedic herbs have shown radioprotective potential. this study was carried out to test and compare the radioprotective potential of curcuma longa (cl) tinospora cordifolia (tc), zizyphus mauritiana (zm) and ocimum sanctum (os) against 2gy gamma irradiation in swiss ...