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ArticleJournal of pharmacy & bioallied sciences2012

Radioprotective property of an aqueous extract from valeriana wallichii.

Omika Katoch, Shikha Kaushik, Mysore Sadashiv Yogendra Kumar, Paban K Agrawala, Kshipra Misra

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Article in Journal of pharmacy & bioallied sciences, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Omika KatochInstitute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences, Defence Research and Development Organisation, Lucknow Road, Timarpur, Delhi, India.
Shikha Kaushik
Mysore Sadashiv Yogendra Kumar
Paban K Agrawala
Kshipra Misra
Defence Research and Development Organisation · INInstitute of Nuclear Medicine & Allied Sciences · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesPreparations of herbal drugs have drawn considerable interest in scientific community in recent years for the treatment of several stress related health problems including radiation-injury. MATERIALS AND

methodsAn aqueous extract from Valeriana wallichii containing hesperidin as one of its major constituent was evaluated for its ability to protect against radiation-injury in model systems like plasmid deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and cultured human fibroblast cells.

resultsThe extract was found to significantly counter radiation-induced free radicals at 4 h after 5 Gy irradiation, reduced prolonged oxidative stress led increase in mitochondrial mass, enhanced reproductive viability of cultured cells and protected against radiation-induced DNA damage in solution. DISCUSSION: Further studies are required to validate the radioprotective ability of the extract and to develop a safer radioprotective agent.

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DNA damageherbal preparationmitochondrial massradioprotectionROS

Identifiers

PMID23248568
PMCPMC3523530
OpenAlexW2156893383

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