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Effects of Sun Ginseng on the Crypt Cell Survival in Mice Irradiated with High-energy X-ray (선삼 투여가 고에너지 X-선을 조사한 마우스에서 소장움 재생에 미치는 효과)

  • Sin, Jung-Sub;Park, Jeong-Hill;Kim, Sung-Ho;Kim, Hun-Jeong;Kim, Young-Chul
    • Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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    • v.22 no.1 s.56
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    • pp.73-82
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    • 2007
  • Six week-old ICR mite which were divided into four groups including NC, RC, RR and RS were injected with sun ginseng (RS), red ginseng (RR) and saline (RC) intraperitonedlly as an amount of 60 mg/g body weight at 1 hour, 12 hours and 36 hours before the irradiation of high-energy X-ray and the mire were sacrificed at three and a half days after the irradiation. The RS group were significant increase in the weight of spleen (p<0.01) and the numbers of jejunal crypt cells (P<0.01), WBC (p<0.05), lymphocytes (p<0.05) and neutrophils (p<0.05) in comparison with the RC group. The RR group were significant increase in the numbers of jejunal crypt cells (p<0.001), WBC (p<0.05) and neutrophils (p<0.05) in comparison with the RC group. The RS group exhibited a more increase in the weights of spleen and thymus and the numbers of jejunal crypt cells and all items of hematological examination than the RR group. The values of ALT (alanine transaminase) and AST (aspartate transaminase) were significantly elevated (p<0.05) by radiation and they were significantly decreased (p<0.05) in the RS group to the values of the NC group. Taken together the above results, sun ginseng demonstrated a jejunal crypt survival effect, the protective effects on hepatocytes and immune and hematopoietic cells in mice irradiated with high-energy X-ray, and those radiation protective effects were a little higher in comparison with red ginseng.

Radiation effects to acupuncture in mice embryos

  • Tano Kaori;Itokawa Yuka;Maenaka Toshihiro;Sakazaki Takahiko;Yamashita Takenori;Nakamura Takashi;Cho Kwang-Ho;Choi Jung-Sook;Ahn Kyoo-Seok;Ishida Torao;Gu Yeun-Hwa
    • Advances in Traditional Medicine
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    • v.6 no.3
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    • pp.245-251
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    • 2006
  • We examined the radioprotection effects of acupoint (acupuncture point) stimulation during organogenesis stages of ICR mice. Pregnant mice received 1.5 Gy whole body X-irradiation on day 8 of gestation, which is the early stage of organogenesis. The embryonic death rate and teratogenesis rate by radiation were examined. Electroacupuncture to the leg acupoints and/ or transcutaneous stimulation to the back acupoints on the pregnant mice showed no protective effect against irradiation on embryonic or fetal death rate. On the contrary, the strong stimulation resulted in increase in the mortality after irradiation rather than protection. However acupoint stimulation to the pregnant mice never showed harmful effects by itself on embryos. It tended to reduce the skeletal malformations induced by X-ray irradiation. We suspect that acupoint stimulation removed the cells injured by irradiation during embryonic development, resulting in an increase in embryonic death rate and reduction in skeletal anomalies.

Effect of Cobaltous Chloride on the Repair of UV-induced DNA Damage (UV에 의해 손상된 DNA 회복에 미치는 cobaltous chloride의 효과)

  • Kim, Kug-Chan;Kim, Yung-Jin;Lee, Kang-Suk
    • Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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    • v.20 no.2
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    • pp.71-78
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    • 1995
  • To develop methods to reduce radiation risk and apply such knowledge to improvement of radiation protection, the effects of cobaltous chloride known as bioantimutagen on the function of E. coli RecA protein involved in the repair of DNA damage were examined. The results demonstrated two distinct effects of cobaltous chloride on the RecA protein function necessary for the strand exchange reaction. Cobaltous chloride enhanced the ability of RecA protein to displace SSB protein from single-stranded DNA and the duplex DNA-dependent ATPase activity. RecA protein was preferentially bound with UV-irradiated supercoiled DNA as compared with nonirradiated DNA The binding of RecA protein to UV-irradiated supercoiled DNA was enhanced in a dose-dependent manner. It is likely that studies on the factors affecting repair efficiency and the DNA repair proteins may provide information on the repair of ionizing radiation-induced DNA damage and the mechanism for DNA radioprotection.

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Radioprotective Potential of Panax ginseng: Current Status and Future Prospectives (고려인삼의 방사선 방어효과에 대한 연구현황과 전망)

  • Nam, Ki-Yeul;Park, Jong-Dae;Choi, Jae-Eul
    • Korean Journal of Medicinal Crop Science
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    • v.19 no.4
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    • pp.287-299
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    • 2011
  • Pharmacological effects of Panax ginseng have been demonstrated in cardiovascular system, endocrine secretion and immune system, together with antitumor, anti-stress and anti-oxidant activities. Modern scientific data show protective effect of ginseng against bone marrow cell death, increased survival rate of experimental animals, recovery of hematopoietic injury, immunopotentiation, reduction of damaged intestinal epithelial cells, inhibition of mutagenesis and effective protection against testicular damages, caused by radiation exposure. And also, ginseng acts in indirect fashion to protect radical processes by inhibition of initiation of free radical processes and thus reduces the radiation damages. The research has made much progress, but still insufficient to fully uncover the action mechanism of ginseng components on the molecule level. This review provides the usefulness of natural product, showing no toxic effects, as an radioprotective agent. Furthermore, the further clinical trials on radioprotection of ginseng need to be highly done to clarify its scientific application. The effective components of ginseng has been known as ginsenosides. Considering that each of these ginsenosides has pharmacological effect, it seems likely that non-saponin components might have radioprotective effects superior to those of ginsenosides, suggesting its active ingredients to be non-saponin series. These results also show that the combined effects of saponin and non-saponin components play an important role in the radioprotective effects of ginseng.

Radioprotective Effect of Panax ginseng against Giant Cell Formation in The Testis of Irradiated Mice

  • Kumar Madhu;Saxena Preeti S.
    • Proceedings of the Ginseng society Conference
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    • 2002.10a
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    • pp.385-391
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    • 2002
  • Panax ginseng (family- Araliaceae) is a native plant of Korea and has been used for past several years among oriental people. To evaluate the radioprotective potential of P. ginseng on the formation of giant cells in the testis of Swiss albino mice, the animals were divided into four groups: -(I)-Only vehicle was administered. (II)P. ginseng treated group: -The animals received 10 mg/kg body weight P. ginseng root extract (in DDW) i.p. continuously for 30 days. (III) Irradiated group: -The animals were exposed to 8 Gy gamma radiation at the dose rate of 1.69 Gy/min at the distance of 80 ems. (IV) Combined treatment group: -Animals were given P. ginseng extract for four days and on fourth day they were irradiated to 8 Gy gamma radiation after 30 minute of extract administration. The animals of these three groups were autopsied on day 1,3, 7, 14 and 30 days. In ginseng treated group, active spermatogenesis was observed without any toxic effect. Histopathological studies of irradiated group (II) revealed reduction in germ cell count, loss of sperms and formation of multinucleated giant cells on day 7th. These giant cells were formed by round nuclei of early or late spermatids. In combination group (III), although germinal epithelium was still disorganized with loss of cells in few tubules, but no giant cell formation was observed. In order to know the mechanism of radioprotection of ginseng, LPO and GSH were estimated. It was observed that pretreated irradiated animals showed inhibition of LPO and increase in GSH. Thus the present study suggests ginseng protects male gonads. This may be attributed to the inhibition of LPO and increase synthesis of GSH byginseng.

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The Radioprotection Effect of Protaetia Brevitarsis Larvae Extracts on the Reproductive in Female Rats Irradiated Gamma Ray (감마선에 조사된 암컷 흰쥐의 생식기관에 대한 흰점박이꽃무지 유충 추출물의 방사선 방호효과)

  • Jeong, Geun-Woo;Joung, Do-Young;Kim, Chang-Ju;Lee, Ji-Eun;Jeong, Sang-Hyun;Kim, Hee-Jin;Min, Byung-In
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.247-255
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    • 2021
  • The purpose of this study was to examine the radiation protection effect of protaetia brevitarsis larvae extracts known as antioxidant food. In this study 90 female rats were clssified in to 5 groups: NC Group, PBE Group, IR Group, PBE+IR Group and IR+PBE Group. In IR Group, 7 Gy of Co-60 gamma ray was irradiated to SD rat and protaetia brevitarsis larvae extracts were administered orally at 200 mg/kg once a day for 14 days. And then on the 1 day, 7 days, 21 days later after irradiation, changes in blood cell component, superoxide dismutase(SOD) activity, spleen index, histopathological evaluation of the ovary and uterus were observed. As a result, the PBE+IR Group (p<0.01, p<0.05) and IR+PBE Group (p<0.01, p<0.01) showed a significantly radiation protection than the IR Group in lymphocyte and red blood cell on the 21 days. It was also confirmed that SOD activity of PBE+IR Group (p<0.01) and IR+PBE Group (p<0.01) was significantly increased than the IR Group. In spleen index, PBE+IR Group (p<0.05) and IR+PBE Group (p<0.01) showed a significantly recovery than the IR Group. In histopathological observation, PBE+IR Group in the ovary and PBE+IR, IR+PBE Group in the uterus showed less inflammatory reactions of cystoplasm than the IR Group. Based on These results, It is judged that protaetia brevitarsis larvae Extracts have radiation protection effect against blood and reproductive. It is expected to be useful for research of radiation protection agent.

Effects of Ixeris dentata Extracts on the Genotoxicity Induced by Gamma Irradiation in Rats

  • Kim, Jin Kyu;Woo, Hyun Jung;Kim, Ji Hyang;Yoon, Yang Dal
    • Korean Journal of Environmental Biology
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    • v.22 no.4
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    • pp.543-549
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    • 2004
  • Ixeris dentata is a typical oriental herb. It is a widely distributed perennial in Korea, Japan and China, which belongs to the Compositae Family. The whole plant of I. dentata has been used for the treatment of pneumonia, contusion, tumor and hepatitis. It has also been used for the treatment of allergic diseases as a folk therapy in Korea. I. dentata is known to have aliphatics, triterpenoids and sesquiterpene glycosides in its composition. The present study was designed to explore the protective effects of water- and ethanol- extracts from I. dentata on irradiated rodents. For oral administration (twice per day), the extractive powder of I. dentata and the positive control (ascorbic acid) were dissolved at a concentration of 0.5 and 250mg $ml^{-1}$ in saline, respectively. Thirty days after irradiation, the ratio of the weight of the testis to the body weight was lower than 50% in the radiation groups than the control group. The ALP concentrations in the group treated with the water-extracts of the leaf were $79.68\pm{1.39%}$ (p<0.05) of those of the radiation control. Both of the SGOT and SGPT in the group treated with the ethanol-extract of the root were $72.68\pm{0.95}\;and\;77.87\pm{5.74}$ (p<0.05) of those of the radiation control, respectively. The levels of DNA damage induced by gamma radiation decreased in the experimental group to which the extracts of I. dentata were administered before irradiation. In conclusion, these results indicate that the extracts of I. dentata have an excellent ability to reduce the radicals and they have a protective effect on DNA breakage caused by radiation.

Analysis of Studies on Sagunja-tang(Sijunzi-tang) to Establish the Fundament for Evidence Based Medicine (EBM 기반구축을 위한 사군자탕 연구 문헌 정량 분석)

  • Kim, Jung-Hoon;Lee, Jun-Kyoung;Shin, Hyeun-Kyoo
    • Journal of Physiology & Pathology in Korean Medicine
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    • v.24 no.2
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    • pp.206-219
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    • 2010
  • To establish the fundament for EBM of Traditional Korean Medicine, the papers on Sagunja-tang(Sijunzi-tang) frequently used in medical institutions of Traditional Korean Medicine were analyzed through researching domestic and international papers. The papers were classified by the registration of domestic or international journals, the year of publishment, experimental fields and the kinds of studies on biological activities. Of total 228 papers on Sagunja-tang(Sijunzi-tang), 121 volumes were selected according to creteria. 47 volumes were published in domestic journals, 71 in Chinese journal, 2 in Japanese journal, and 1 in Taiwan journal. The papers on instrumental analyses were preceeded by HPLC, MS, GC with standard compounds of herbal medicine in Sagunja-tang(Sijunzi-tang). The papers on biological activities of Sagunja-tang(Sijunzi-tang) showed improvement of gastrointestinal activity and blood circulation, immunoactivity, anti-cancer, anti-oxidant, anti-fatigue, anti-stress, pharmacokinetics, hepatic protection, radioprotection, muscular activity, hematopoiesis and nontoxical effect. Further studies including gastrointestinal disorder, immune related disease, cancer, oxidative injury and pharmacokinetic study need to be preceeded to establish the fundament for EBM of Sagunja-tang(Sijunzi-tang).

Protective effect of phloroglucinol against gamma radiation-induced oxidative stress in hair follicles (방사선으로 인한 산화적 손상에서 phloroglucinol의 모낭 보호 효과)

  • Kim, Areum;Bing, So Jin;Cho, Jinhee;Herath, KHINM;Jeon, You-Jin;Lee, Byung-Gul;Park, Jae-Woo;Jee, Youngheun
    • Korean Journal of Veterinary Research
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    • v.56 no.1
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    • pp.29-35
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    • 2016
  • When exposed to gamma-rays, hair follicular cells immediately go through apoptosis, which hampers their rapid differentiation essential for the regeneration of hair. Phloroglucinol (PG) is a phenolic compound of Ecklonia cava, brown algae abundant in Jeju island, Korea. Containing plentiful polyphenols, PG is known for its instructive effects by inhibiting apoptosis, scavenging oxygen radicals, and protecting cells against oxidative stress. In this study, we demonstrate that PG rescues radiosensitive hair follicular cells from gamma radiation-induced apoptosis and DNA damage. To identify protective capacity of PG on hair follicles, we irradiated with 8.5 Gy (1.5 Gy/min) of gamma-rays to the whole body of C57BL/6 mice at day 6 after depilation with or without PG. In mice exposed to radiation, the expression of proapoptotic molecule p53 was downregulated in the skin of PG treated group. On immunohistochemical observation of the skin, PG inhibited the immunoreactivity of p53 and cleaved caspase-3. PG treatment protected hair follicular cells from cell death due to gamma-radiation. Our results suggest that PG presents radioprotective effects by inhibiting apoptosis of radiosensitive hair follicular cells and can protect hair follicular cells from gamma-ray induced damage.

Radioprotective Effects of Cysteamine, Isothiouronium Derivatives and Their Combinations with a Phosphorothioate (Cysteamire, Isothiouronium 유도체(誘導體) 및 이들과 Phosphorothioate와의 혼합물(混合物)들의 방사선(放射線) 방호효과(防護效果))

  • Kim, You-Sun;Kim, Ok-Hee
    • Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.11-16
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    • 1982
  • Cysteamine(Mercaptoethyiamine, MEA), S,2-Aminoethylisothiouronium Bromide. HBr (AET), and S-(2-Aminoethyl) Dihydrogen Phosphorothioate (WR-638) were prepared and radioprotective effects of these chemicals and their combinations against $^{60}Co$ ${\gamma}-ray$ radiation were studied ,in irradiated ICR mice. Intraperitonially administered chemicals or their combinations resulted drug deaths in cases of MEA, AET, and their combinations, whereas there were a slight or no drug death in cases of WR-638 and the combination of AET with WR-638. All tested chemicals and their combinations yielded radioprotective effects against $^{60}Co$ $\gamma-ray$ radiation. An additive radioprotection effect was observed in case of the combination of AET with WR-638.

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