Effect of Iranian Propolis on Salivary Total Antioxidant Capacity in Gamma-irradiated Rats

• Main Authors: Sara Aghel (Author), Mahdi Pourami (Author), Ali Akbar Moghadamnia (Author), Dariush Moslemi (Author), Tahere Molania (Author), Leila Ghassemi (Author), Mina Motallebnejad (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, 2014-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background and aims. The antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties of propolis were studied. Since saliva contains antioxidants and radiotherapy of the head and neck mainly affects the saliva, salivary antioxidant defensive mechanism is compromised with oxidative stress produced by radiation ther...