PRECLINICAL PUBLICATION · 2010

Protection from lethal and sub-lethal whole body exposures of mice to gamma-radiation by Acorus calamus L.: studies on tissue antioxidant status and cellular DNA damage.

Mouse / Radiation

Evidence by therapy association

Study details and outcomes are extracted in the context of a specific intervention. Separate associations are retained rather than silently merged.

PMID 20605086 ↗2010Reported benefit

MouseRadiationMaleOral250 mg/kg1 h prior to irradiation

Model: Whole body gamma-irradiation (lethal 10 Gy and sub-lethal doses)

Acorus calamus extract raised antioxidant defences, reduced DNA damage and modestly improved survival after irradiation.

Extraction: extract · Supplied extraction confidence: 0.7. Machine-extracted fields require source verification.