Patent ID: 7655694
Filing Date: 2010-02-02
Classification: A23L,A23V,A61K,A61N,A61P,C07D

Abstract:
1. A method of protecting against acute radiation-induced lethality associated with the exposure of an animal to an acute, lethal dose of ionizing radiation, the method comprising administering to the animal a therapeutically effective amount of an at least one nontoxic phytoestrogenic isoflavonoid, wherein the isoflavonoid is genistin, natural or synthetic genistein, 6″-O-Mal genistein, 6″-O-Ac genistein, daidzein, 6″-O′ Mal daidzein, 6″-O-Ac daidzein, glycitein, glycitin, 6″-O-Mal glycitin, biochannin A, formononetin, or derivatives, analogs, or mixtures thereof, to reduce the mortality associated with the exposure of the animal to the acute, lethal dose of ionizing radiation.