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In connection with the favorable effect exerted on radiation injuries by substances capable of stimulating proliferation, including the naphtalane-oil extract (NOE) it was deemed interesting to study the action of the latter in radiation injuries of the skin provoked by α-rays.
As shown experimentally, an acceleration of radiation reaction of epidermis and of its recovery occurred, consequent upon application of NOE to the rabbit's skin directly after its local irradiation with α-rays of thorium fission. Rabbit skin irradiated in 2.5 days and later after NOE application gave practically no radiation reaction, α-irradiation directly or within the first 2 days after NOE application to the skin provoked an accelerated radiation reaction and recovery.
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Leites, F.L., Funshtein, L.V. The influence of naphthalan oil extract on changes in the epidermis during local α-irradiation. Bull Exp Biol Med 51, 382–386 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00783521
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