Journal
DENTOMAXILLOFACIAL RADIOLOGY
Volume 40, Issue 5, Pages 310-314Publisher
BRITISH INST RADIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1259/dmfr/95408354
Keywords
radiation effects; antimutagenic agents; antioxidant; micronuclei
Funding
- Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology denominated SENIFOOD
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Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the antioxidant substances present in the human diet with an antimutagenic protective capacity against genotoxic damage induced by exposure to X-rays in an attempt to reduce biological damage to as low a level as reasonably possible. Methods: Ten compounds were assessed using the lymphocyte cytokinesis-block micronucleus (MN) cytome test. The compounds studied were added to human blood at 25 mu M 5 min before exposure to irradiation by 2 Gy of X-rays. Results: The protective capacity of the antioxidant substances assessed was from highest to lowest according to the frequency of the MN generated by X-ray exposure: rosmarinic acid 5 carnosic acid = delta-tocopherol = L-acid ascorbic = apigenin = amifostine (P < 0.001) > green tea extract = diosmine = rutin = dimetylsulfoxide (P < 0.05) > irradiated control. The reduction in genotoxic damage with the radiation doses administered reached 58%, which represents a significant reduction in X-ray-induced chromosomal damage (P < 0.001). This degree of protection is greater than that obtained with amifostine, a radioprotective compound used in radiotherapy and which is characterised by its high toxicity. Conclusion: Several antioxidant substances, common components of the human diet and lacking toxicity, offer protection from the biological harm induced by ionizing radiation. Administering these protective substances to patients before radiological exploration should be considered, even in the case of small radiation doses and regardless of the biological damage expected. Dentomaxillofacial Radiology (2011) 40, 310-314. doi: 10.1259/dmfr/95408354
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