The research on radioprotective agents in Chinese materia medica

A series of studies has been carried out in the field of traditional medicine for searching radio-protective agents. According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, may prescriptions were tested with experimental animals. Some of them could raise the survival rate of dogs irradiated with le...

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Main Author: Bin-Ji Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 1991-01-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761991000600037
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spelling doaj-ce187890b9ad4611a093fb4c20710d872020-11-24T22:27:55ZengInstituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da SaúdeMemórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.0074-02761678-80601991-01-018616516710.1590/S0074-02761991000600037The research on radioprotective agents in Chinese materia medicaBin-Ji WangA series of studies has been carried out in the field of traditional medicine for searching radio-protective agents. According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, may prescriptions were tested with experimental animals. Some of them could raise the survival rate of dogs irradiated with lethal dose of Pi-rays by 30-40%. Some symptoms of radiation sickness could be improved. More than one thousand kinds of Chinese herbs were screened. Some of them have pronounced radioprotectice activities. A series of bioactive components wee isolated from these herbs. The mechanism of radiation protection were studied. Having the capability of hemopoietic system and immune system may be the characteristics of these Chinese herbs.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761991000600037radiationprotectionChinese herbtraditional medicinepolysaccharide
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The research on radioprotective agents in Chinese materia medica
Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
radiation
protection
Chinese herb
traditional medicine
polysaccharide
author_facet Bin-Ji Wang
author_sort Bin-Ji Wang
title The research on radioprotective agents in Chinese materia medica
title_short The research on radioprotective agents in Chinese materia medica
title_full The research on radioprotective agents in Chinese materia medica
title_fullStr The research on radioprotective agents in Chinese materia medica
title_full_unstemmed The research on radioprotective agents in Chinese materia medica
title_sort research on radioprotective agents in chinese materia medica
publisher Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde
series Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
issn 0074-0276
1678-8060
publishDate 1991-01-01
description A series of studies has been carried out in the field of traditional medicine for searching radio-protective agents. According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, may prescriptions were tested with experimental animals. Some of them could raise the survival rate of dogs irradiated with lethal dose of Pi-rays by 30-40%. Some symptoms of radiation sickness could be improved. More than one thousand kinds of Chinese herbs were screened. Some of them have pronounced radioprotectice activities. A series of bioactive components wee isolated from these herbs. The mechanism of radiation protection were studied. Having the capability of hemopoietic system and immune system may be the characteristics of these Chinese herbs.
topic radiation
protection
Chinese herb
traditional medicine
polysaccharide
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