Abstract
The most serious damage to cells exposed to radiation is attributed mostly to effects on the structure of cellular DNA. We found that trehalose protects DNA from irradiation. In the presence of 10 mm trehalose, DNA can be protected from about 4 times higher doses of β- and γ-ray irradiation. The protective effect increases with the amount of the sugar. Other disaccharides, sucrose, and maltose had similar effects. © 1997, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. All rights reserved.
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Yoshinaga, K., Yoshioka, H., Kurosaki, H., Hirasawa, M., Uritani, M., & Hasegawa, K. (1997). Protection by trehalose of DNA from radiation damage. Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry, 61(1), 160–161. https://doi.org/10.1271/bbb.61.160
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