PLASMA CHEMISTRY VALUES FOR THE MONKEY (MACACA MULATTA) AFTER A SUPRALETHAL DOSE OF PULSED MIXED GAMMA-NEUTRON RADIATIONS
Abstract
Monkeys (Macaca mulatta) were given a 4-krad midline tissue dose of pulsed mixed gamma-neutron radiations. Chemical analyses of 11 different constituents of plasma were made before irradiation and at 1, 6, and 12 hours postirradiation to evaluate the extent of radiation injury as indicated by changes in the composition of the plasma. A significant increase in the plasma concentration of glutamic-oxalacetic transaminase, total lactic dehydrogenase, creatinine, creatine, and urea nitrogen was found postirradiation. Although some of the constituents of plasma which were found to increase after irradiation were probably from radiosensitive tissue, other tissues such as muscle, not considered radio-sensitive, appear to have been also injured when subjected to this dose of radiation.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1969
- Accession Number
- AD0700235
Entities
People
- C. L. Turbyfill
Organizations
- Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute