FLUOROMETRIC DETECTION OF BIOLOGIC CHANGES IN IRRADIATED LABORATORY ANIMALS.

Abstract

The excretion of fluorescent products by rodents and primates after exposure to whole-body sublethal 60Co gamma irradiation was investigated. Gel filtration chromatography and thin-layer chromatography were used to fractionate and quantitate radiation-responsive fluorescent urinary products. A major advancement in quantitating fluorescent urine products was achieved by the fluorescence-scanning of thin-layer chromatograms. Certain radiation dose-response relationships were measurable in two major fluorescent fractions from gel filtration chromatography and thin-layer chromatography of rodent and primate urine extracts within twenty-four hours postirradiation. Species variations between rodents and primates may account for different responses of fluorescent urinary products after irradiation. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0672819

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  • James A. Demetriou
  • John M. Beattie

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Analytical Chemistry Techniques
  • Animals
  • Biological Sciences
  • Chromatography
  • Detection
  • Excretion
  • Filtration
  • Fluorescence
  • Laboratory Animals
  • Radiation
  • Scanning
  • Thin Layer Chromatography

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  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.
  • Virology (or Medical Virology).