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MercurysBall2 ago

Protection against Whole Body X-irradiation by Adrenochrome Monoguanylhydrazone Methanesulphonate in Mice

INTENSIVE studies of radioprotective chemicals have recently been reviewed1,2. Unfortunately, however, no agent with a definite protective effect which is sufficiently non-toxic to be clinically applicable has been discovered yet. We have been carrying out some experimental investigations of radiation protection by agents with low toxicity3, and describe here experiments involving an adrenochrome derivative.