Jul, 2017
In vitro analysis of radioprotective effect of monoterpenes
JOURNAL OF RADIOANALYTICAL AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY
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- Volume
- 313
- Number
- 1
- First page
- 169
- Last page
- 174
- Language
- English
- Publishing type
- Research paper (scientific journal)
- DOI
- 10.1007/s10967-017-5268-0
- Publisher
- SPRINGER
Monoterpenes are naturally occurring hydrocarbons composed of two units of isoprenes. They exhibit antioxidant activity to scavenge reactive oxygen species, such as hydroxyl radicals. We investigated the potential of monoterpenes such as thymol, linalool, and menthol to act as radioprotectants. The proliferation of EL4 cells, a mouse lymphoma cell line, treated with linalool at a concentration of 500 mu M or more was not affected by X-ray irradiation. Plasmid-nicking assay performed using formamidopyrimidine-DNA glycosylase showed that linalool prevented single strand breaks and oxidized purines on pUC19 plasmid DNA. These findings indicate that linalool has the ability to scavenge reactive oxygen species and is a potential radioprotector.
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- DOI : 10.1007/s10967-017-5268-0
- ISSN : 0236-5731
- eISSN : 1588-2780
- Web of Science ID : WOS:000403690400020