background: radioprotective efficacy of prunus avium fruit extract (pae) rich in vitamin a, c, e and anthocyanin was studied against radiation induced biochemical alterations in mice brain. materials and methods: in-vitro assays were performed with pae for its antioxidant studies thereafter for in-vivo study, swiss albino mice were divided into five groups. group 1 (control) normal mice. group ...

background: interactions of free radicals from ionizing radiation with dna can induce dna damage and lead to mutagenesis and carsinogenesis. with respect to radiation damage to human, it is important to protect humans from side effects induced by ionizing radiation. in the present study, the effects of arbutin were investigated by using the micronucleus test for anti-clastogenic activity, to ca...

background: high density concrete is extensively used for efficient radiation attenuation in radiotherapy rooms and nuclear reactors. over the past eight years, some efficient galena-based concrete samples for shielding x or gamma rays was produced. the goal of this study was to produce a novel high density concrete against neutron and photon radiations using tourmaline and galena. materials an...

There are few available data on radiation levels in the Nigerian environment. Pilot measurements of absorbed dose levels of radiation in several towns in Nigeria were made. Although higher elevated and mine areas showed higher absorbed doses, the levels encountered were within normal limits when compared with data in literature but well below those reported in higher radiation areas of the worl...

EPR spectra of alanine dosimeters irradiated by gamma-rays and alpha-particles were measured at different microwave power. The decomposed into three components corresponding to stable radiation-induced radicals. Different ratio the was obtained for gamma- alpha-irradiated alanine. observed effect can be used discrimination contribution alpha- gamma-radiation in mixed radiation field. That may u...

background: high level radiation areas have been recognized on various parts of the earth. mahallat hot spring region is one of these areas. study of exposure in these areas can be helpful in investigating the effects of ionizing radiation. internal and external exposure to the staff was studied. materials and methods: used materials and instruments include: rss-112 ionizing chamber for environ...

The exposure rate due to the gamma-ray natural background in some representative areas of the Country was studied by means, of a portable high-pressure iQuization ch."mlber. In ali limited area such study was integrated by a survey 0n the quality of ba.ckgrowlC! radiation, carried out by gamma spectrometric measurements. . The spectrometric study permitte<;l the determination of the contrilbuti...

Radiation protection policy in the United States and in most of the world is based on the assumption that the risk of a radiation induced fatal cancer is linearly proportional to the dose. This is known as the linear, no-threshold (LNT) model of radiation risk. There are no human data to support this assumption for a short-term dose below 0.2 Gy ̄the equivalent of about two centuries of exposure...

Background: Ionizing radiation induces the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), which play an important causative role in cell death. The aim of this study was to investigate the protective effects of sulfated derivatives of neutral polysaccharides extracted from Auricularia auricular (SNAAP). Materials and Methods: Whole blood samples from healthy donors treated with SNAAP at differen...