PROTECTIVE EFFECTS OF CERTAIN NATURAL FOODS AGAINST WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION. Report No. 8 (Progress) covering Period: July 15, 1960-October 14, 1960

Technical Report · Tue Oct 31 04:00:00 EST 1961

OSTI ID:4831915

Darby, W J

In order to evaluate the protective effects of supplements of fat- soluble vitamins and of alfalfa an experiment was performed using guinea pigs maintained on Briggs diet, (Group A), local bran and oats supplemented with vitamin C (Group B), Quartermaster bran and oats supplemented with vitamin C (Group (), local bran and oats supplemented with fat-soluble vitamins and vitamin C (Group D), Quartermaster bran and oats supplemented with fat-soluble vitamins and vitamin C (Group E), local bran and oats supplemented with 20% alfalfa and vitamin C (Group F), and Quartermaster bran and oats supplemented with 20% alfalfa and vitamin C (Group G). After a feeding period of three weeks the following numbers survived: Group A-14, Group B-6, Group C-10, Group D-11, Group E-12, Group F-14, and Group G-13. The survivors were given 400 r (air dose) total body x irradiation. By the end of the twenty-first postirradiational day the only survivors were three animals from Group A and one from Group E. Nineteen Rhesus monkeys are being maintained on a complete purified diet in readiness for experiments in the immediate future. (auth)

• Research Organization: Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville. School of Medicine Page(s): 10
• NSA Number: NSA-15-031976
• OSTI ID: 4831915
• Report Number(s): AD-255617
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
BODY
CEREALS
FOOD
GUINEA PIGS
IRRADIATION
LIFETIME
MONKEYS
RADIATION DOSES
RADIATION PROTECTION
VITAMIN C
VITAMINS
WHOLE- BODY IRRADIATION