Open AccessRadioprotective Effect of Beta D-Glucan and Vitamin E on Gamma Irradiated Mouse
Author(s) -
Faraj Tabeie,
Seyed Mehdi Tabatabaei,
Ali Mahmoud-Pashazadeh,
Majid Assadi
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2017/19367.9437
Subject(s) - vitamin , population , ionizing radiation , vitamin e , glucan , beta glucan , median lethal dose , lethal dose , chemistry , toxicity , irradiation , toxicology , medicine , biology , biochemistry , antioxidant , physics , environmental health , nuclear physics
It is shown that beta-D-glucan is an immunologic system booster with radioprotectory effects. Radioprotectors are chemical components that can alleviate biological damage produced by ionizing radiation.