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Title : Comparative study of kinetics on DNA double-strand break induced by photo- and gamma-irradiation: Protective effect of water-soluble flavonoids

Language: English
Type: Article
Authors: Yuko Yoshikawa, Toshiaki Mori, Mari Suzuki, Tadayuki Imanaka and Kenichi Yoshikawa
Journal: Chemical Physics Letters
Volume: 501
Number: 1-3
Month: 12
Year: 2010
Actual year: 2010
Pages: 146-151
URL:   http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S000926141001448X
doi:   10.1016/j.cplett.2010.11.003
Abstract: The double-strand break of DNA induced by visible light and γ-rays was studied through a single-molecule observation using fluorescence microscopy. We evaluated the protective effects of water-soluble derivatives of flavonoids, α-glucosyl hesperidin (αG-HSP) and α-glucosyl rutin (αG-rutin) in a quantitative manner. With regard to photo-induced damage, αG-rutin was found to provide twice as much protection as αG-HSP, whereas the protective effect of αG-rutin against γ-ray irradiation was comparable with that of αG-HSP. This observation demonstrates the dependence of the antioxidant potentials of these compounds on the source of irradiation.

"Comparative study of kinetics on DNA double-strand break induced by photo- and gamma-irradiation: Protective effect of water-soluble flavonoids"

Yuko Yoshikawa, Toshiaki Mori, Mari Suzuki, Tadayuki Imanaka and Kenichi Yoshikawa, Chemical Physics Letters, 501, 146-151 (2010)