Preclinical model of protection against ionizing radiation

Compound

Tissue/Organ Examined

Reference

L-carnitine

Plasma, liver and erythrocytes

Dokmeci et al., 2006 [22]

Cochlear damage

Altas et al., 2006 [23]

Oral mucositis and myelosuppression

Ucuncu et al., 2006 [24]

Eye cataracts

Kocer et al., 2007 [25]

Brain and retinal damages

Sezen et al., 2008 [26]

Testis-seminiferous tubules damage

Topcu-Tarladacalisir et al., 2009 [27]

Testicular damage

Kanter et al., 2010 [28]

Kidney damage

Caloglu et al., 2009, Cosar et al., 2011 [29] [30]

Ileal mucosal injury

Caloglu et al., 2012 [31] , Akpolat et al., 2013 [32]

Acetyl-L-carnitine

Lung and liver

Mansour, 2006 [33]

Whole body effects and mortality

Babicová et al., 2013 [34]