Effect of <i>Tinospora cordifolia </i>on the Liver Treated with Gamma-Radiation

Abstract

308-312Tinospora cordifolia is a medicinal plant. It has been used in the above work as a radiation tolerant. Liver cells of rat are affected when its whole body is put before Gamma- radiation. As a result of this, the number of abnormal cells and the cells with double nucleus increases. At the same time the amount of overall protein and cholesterol get decreased. However, the rats fed with extract of T. cordifolia were observed less affected by radiation. The present paper comprises further details in this regard