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Chapter-30 Role of Some Dietary Ingredients in Radiation Protection

BOOK TITLE: Herbal Drugs: A Twenty First Century Perspective

Author
1. Jagetia GC
ISBN
9788180618505
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/10352_30
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2006
Pages
13
Author Affiliations
1. Kasturba Medical College, Manipal-576104, India
Chapter keywords
Dietary ingredients, Radiation protection, Ginger, Bael, Gamma radiation, Radiation protection

Abstract

Human beings consume several ingredients in their daily diets. The use if dietary ingredients for radiation protection will be easily acceptable as humans consume them regularly. This chapter describes the radioprotective effect of ginger and bael in mice exposed to different doses of gamma radiation. The animals received either ginger or bael intraperitoneally or orally before exposure to different doses of gamma radiation. Treatment of mice with ginger or bael before irradiation resulted in an increased survival of mice. The radioprotective dose for ginger and bael after intraperitoneal administration was lower than the oral administration. The radioprotective effect of these dietary herbs may be due to scavenging of free radicals and increase in antioxidant status. Apart from these some other unknown mechanisms may have also been responsible for their radioprotective activity.

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