BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES Exposure of the normal lung tissue around the cancerous tumor during radiotherapy causes serious side effects such as pneumonitis and pulmonary fibrosis. Radioprotectors used during cancer radiotherapy could protect the patient from side effects induced by radiation injury of the normal tissue. Delphinidin has strong antioxidant properties, and it works as the driving forc...

background: in many studies, chemicals and natural materials were tested to reduce the harmful effects of radiation. it is known that famotidine and vitamin c reduce dna damage. objective: the aim of this study was to evaluate the radioprotective effect of vitamin c, cimetidine and famotidine on gamma-radiation-induced damage on mouse bone marrow.  methods: six-to-seven week male nmri mice (28 ...

This is the second article published in the Trees for Life Journal which deals with radioprotection (see http://www. tfljournal.org/article.php/2007042416194363 by Sancheti and Goyal). While it is not a major focus of this journal, radioprotection has interest for our readership and is attracting ever more attention within the scientific community. No synthetic radioprotective chemicals are ava...

BACKGROUND In many studies, chemicals and natural materials were tested to reduce the harmful effects of radiation. It is known that Famotidine and vitamin C reduce DNA damage. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate the radioprotective effect of vitamin C, Cimetidine and Famotidine on gamma-radiation-induced damage on mouse bone marrow. METHODS Six-to-seven week male NMRI mice (28 ...

Because of our increased dependency on the use radiation in areas such as food industry, agriculture, space exploration, diagnostics and treatment various diseases including cancer, possibilities unnecessary exposure to ionizing have considerably increased. Hence, there is a need develop an effective radioprotective agent that can protect against deleterious effects radiation. So far, many synt...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the in vivo radioprotective effects of recombinant human granulocyte colony stimulating factor (rhG-CSF) in lethally irradiated BALB/c mice. We initially analyzed the effects of increasing doses of rhG-CSF on survival of mice receiving 700 cGy (LD100/30) single dose total body irradiation (TBI). While 1 microgram/kg to 100 micrograms/kg doses of rhG-...

 Background: In many studies, chemicals and natural materials were tested to reduce the harmful effects of radiation. It is known that Famotidine and vitamin C reduce DNA damage.Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the radioprotective effect of vitamin C, Cimetidine and Famotidine on gamma-radiation-induced damage on mouse bone marrow. Methods: Six-to-seven week male NMRI mice (28...

Using rat liver mitochondria as model systems, we examined the radioprotective and antioxidant effects of the Indian medicinal plant Terminalia arjuna. Various sohxlet fractions of the bark and the medicinal formulation arjunsal besides an active ingredient, baicalein, were examined for their ability to protect both rat liver mitochondria and cardiac homogenate against radiation and oxidative s...