en Radiation Biology Radiation Biology تحقيق بديع Original Research <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt"><span style="text-justify:newspaper"><span style="text-kashida-space:50%"><span style="line-height:119%"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="color:black"><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="color:#1f497d"><span style="font-style:italic"><span style="font-weight:bold"><span style="language:en-US">Background</span></span></span></span></span></span><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="color:#1f497d"><span style="font-weight:bold"><span style="language:en-US">:</span></span></span></span></span> <span lang="en-US" style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="color:black"><span style="language:en-US">Radiotherapy enhances the risk of ovarian injury induced by oxidative stress in the female patients. Hesperidin, as a natural compound has various biological properties included anti-tumoral, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory activities. This research evaluated the effects of hesperidin on ovarian damage induced by IR. </span></span></span></span><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="color:#1f497d"><span style="font-style:italic"><span style="font-weight:bold"><span style="language:en-US">Materials and Methods</span></span></span></span></span></span><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="color:#1f497d"><span style="font-weight:bold"><span style="language:en-US">:</span></span></span></span></span> <span lang="en-US" style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="color:black"><span style="language:en-US">Twenty-eight female mice distributed to four groups randomly: Control, Hesperidin (100mg/kg), ionizing radiated (IR) (3.2 Gy), and ionizing radiated + hesperidin groups (3.2Gy + 100mg/kg). Hesperidin was administrated orally for 7 successive days. Animals were exposed to total body irradiation on the 8th day of study. Biochemical, hormonal (estrogen and progesterone), and histopathological assessments did on day 12. </span></span></span></span><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="color:#1f497d"><span style="font-style:italic"><span style="font-weight:bold"><span style="language:en-US">Results</span></span></span></span></span></span><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="color:#1f497d"><span style="font-weight:bold"><span style="language:en-US">:</span></span></span></span></span><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="color:black"><span style="language:en-US"> IR group demonstrated necrosis, apoptosis, and atresia in ovaries, decreased estrogen and progesterone and increased oxidative stress. While Hesperidin pre</span></span></span></span><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="color:black"><span style="language:en-US">-treatment improved histological features, </span></span></span></span><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="color:black"><span style="language:en-US">recovered the </span></span></span></span><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="color:black"><span style="language:en-US">number of follicles </span></span></span></span><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="color:black"><span style="language:en-US">in ovaries of the irradiated mice. In addition, the Hesperidin increased estrogen and progesterone and decreased oxidative stress</span></span></span></span><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="color:black"><span style="language:en-US"> (</span></span></span></span><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="color:black"><span style="language:en-US">malondialdehyde, Ferric Reducing Antioxidant Power, and catalase)</span></span></span></span><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="color:black"><span style="language:en-US">. </span></span></span></span><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="color:#1f497d"><span style="font-style:italic"><span style="font-weight:bold"><span style="language:en-US">Conclusion</span></span></span></span></span></span><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="color:#1f497d"><span style="font-weight:bold"><span style="language:en-US">:</span></span></span></span></span><span lang="en-US" style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="color:black"><span style="language:en-US"> Data of this research indicate that hesperidin is may be useful in female patients with pelvic cancer during radiotherapy for their ovarian conservation.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div> Hesperidin, irradiation, ovary, toxicity, oxidative stress. 417 423 http://ijrr.com/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-925&slc_lang=en&sid=1 S. Hosseinpour 7900319475328460021650 7900319475328460021650 No Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Molecular and Cell Biology Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran A.E. Nejad Moghaddam mog1339@gmail.com 7900319475328460021651 7900319475328460021651 Yes Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Molecular and Cell Biology Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran F. i Talebpour Amir Ftaleb2001@yahoo.co.uk 7900319475328460021652 7900319475328460021652 No Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Molecular and Cell Biology Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran S.J. Hosseinimehr 7900319475328460021653 7900319475328460021653 No Department of Radiopharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran M. Zargari 7900319475328460021654 7900319475328460021654 No Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran A. Karimpour Malekshah 7900319475328460021655 7900319475328460021655 No Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Molecular and Cell Biology Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran A. Ghasemi 7900319475328460021656 7900319475328460021656 No Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran