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  • Title: Evaluation of radiation dose resulting from the ingestion of [3H]- and [14C]thymidine in the rat.
    Author: Takeda H, Iwakura T.
    Journal: Int J Radiat Biol Relat Stud Phys Chem Med; 1987 Dec; 52(6):957-64. PubMed ID: 3500933.
    Abstract:
    Average doses to rat tissues from the ingestion of 2-[14C]thymidine were compared with those from methyl-[3H]thymidine or 6-[3H]thymidine. Among the three precursors, [14C]thymidine gave the highest dose to spleen and small intestine. The doses to other tissues from [14C]thymidine were almost the same or lower as compared with those from [3H]thymidine, irrespective of the 9 times higher beta-ray energy of 14C than that of 3H. In the case of [14C]thymidine, most of the dose was given by radioactivity incorporated into the organic tissue constituents (non-volatile radioactivity). In the case of [3H]thymidine, however, the dose contributions by non-volatile radioactivity were very small and the major contributions were rather from volatile radioactivity (3HHO), formed by degradation of [3H]thymidine. No significant difference in their total doses was found between the two [3H]precursors, but the dose from non-volatile radioactivity alone was 2-3 times higher with methyl-[3H]thymidine than with 6-[3H]thymidine. Estimates of the dose to cell nuclei in various tissues after the ingestion of [3H]thymidine were also made in order to predict more precisely possible radiation hazards.
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