Anti-radiation traditional Chinese medicine and natural products:research advances / 国际药学研究杂志

ABSTRACT

With the progress of science and technology, the development of nuclear industry and the extensive use of cancer radiotherapy, people are exposed on ionizing radiation more frequently than before. Therefore, the research on anti-radiation drugs has become the hotspot in pharmaceutical industry. However, the synthetic anti-radiation drugs have several side effects, more and more investigators have focused on the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and natural products. This review reports the research advances in anti-radiation TCM and natureal products.