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Effects of Yam (Dioscorea batatas Dence) Extracts on the Growth and Nucleus-DNA Damage of the Plant Cells Treated with $\gamma$-Radiation  

Kwon, Soon-Tae (Dept. of Biological Resources, Andong Nat'l Univ.)
Kwun, In-Sook (Dept. of Food and Nutrition, Andong Nat'l Univ.)
Park, Yoon-Moon (Dept. of Biological Resources, Andong Nat'l Univ.)
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Korean Journal of Plant Resources / v.22, no.5, 2009 , pp. 461-466 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was carried out to evaluate the effects of yam (Dioscorea batatas Dence) extracts on the cell viability, growth and nucleus-DNA damage of tobacco cells which were exposed to $\gamma$-radiation stress. The viability and growth of tobacco cells exposed to 20 Gy of radiation stress were effectively recovered by pretreatment of 10 mg/L ethylacetate (EtOAc) yam extract. Pretreatment of EtOAc extract showed 20% higher cell viability and fresh weight growth than that of cells without pretreatment in 20 Gy radiation treated tobacco cells. Nucleus-DNA damage was measured as the ratio of tail length (T) to head length (H) in individual comet image isolated from tobacco cells. The T/H ratio of control-cells and treated-cells at 20 Gy were 1.05 and 1.68, and % head DNA of those cell were 86.7 and 71.3%, respectively, suggesting that nuclei of tobacco cells were severely damaged in the integrity of DNA by the treatment of $\gamma$-radiation. However, pretreatment of MeOH, EtOAc and n-BuOH extracts decreased radiation induced DNA-damage in the tobacco cells, showing T/H ratio of 1.37, 1.01 and 1.10 and % head DNA of 81.5, 87.6 and 88.7%, respectively.
Keywords
Chinese yam extracts; Comet assay; Radiation; Nucleus-DNA damage;
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