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- Title
Effects of ionizing radiation on bio-active plant extracts useful for preventing oxidative damages.
- Authors
Mulinacci, Nadia; Valletta, Alessio; Pasqualetti, Valentina; Innocenti, Marzia; Giuliani, Camilla; Bellumori, Maria; De Angelis, Giulia; Carnevale, Alessia; Locato, Vittoria; Di Venanzio, Cristina; De Gara, Laura; Pasqua, Gabriella
- Abstract
Humans are exposed to ionizing radiations in medical radiodiagnosis and radiotherapy that cause oxidative damages and degenerative diseases. Airplane pilots, and even more astronauts, are exposed to a variety of potentially harmful factors, including cosmic radiations. Among the phytochemicals, phenols are particularly efficient in countering the oxidative stress. In the present study, different extracts obtained from plant food, plant by-products and dietary supplements, have been compared for their antioxidant properties before and after irradiation of 140 cGy, a dose absorbed during a hypothetical stay of three years in the space. All the dry extracts, characterized in terms of vitamin C and phenolic content, remained chemically unaltered and maintained their antioxidant capability after irradiation. Our results suggest the potential use of these extracts as nutraceuticals to protect humans from oxidative damages, even when these extracts must be stored in an environment exposed to cosmic radiations as in a space station.
- Subjects
IONIZING radiation; PLANT extracts; USEFUL plants; COSMIC rays; ASTROPHYSICAL radiation; VITAMIN C
- Publication
Natural Product Research, 2019, Vol 33, Issue 8, p1106
- ISSN
1478-6419
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1080/14786419.2018.1457663