Radiation-Protective Agents
"Radiation-Protective Agents" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Drugs used to protect against ionizing radiation. They are usually of interest for use in radiation therapy but have been considered for other, e.g. military, purposes.
| Descriptor ID |
D011837
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D27.505.696.706.776 D27.720.799.763
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| Concept/Terms |
Radiation-Protective Agents- Radiation-Protective Agents
- Radiation Protectants
- Protectants, Radiation
- Radioprotective Drugs
- Drugs, Radioprotective
- Radiation-Protective Drugs
- Drugs, Radiation-Protective
- Radiation Protective Drugs
- Radioprotective Agents
- Agents, Radioprotective
- Agents, Radiation-Protective
- Agents, Radiation Protective
- Radiation Protective Agents
- Protective Agents, Radiation
Radiation-Protective Effect- Radiation-Protective Effect
- Effect, Radiation-Protective
- Radiation Protective Effect
- Radiation-Protective Effects
- Effects, Radiation-Protective
- Radiation Protective Effects
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Radiation-Protective Agents" by people in Profiles.
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Tawar U, Bansal S, Shrimal S, Singh M, Tandon V. Nuclear condensation and free radical scavenging: a dual mechanism of bisbenzimidazoles to modulate radiation damage to DNA. Mol Cell Biochem. 2007 Nov; 305(1-2):221-33.