APPLICATION OF FUNGUS MELANIN FOR REGULATION OF OXYGEN RADICALS GENERATION UNDER CONTINUOUS EXPOSURE TO LOW INTENSITY IONIZING RADIATION

Druzhyna M.O., Burlaka A.P.*, Sidorik E.P.

Prolonged feeding of animals kept for a long time within Chernobyl zone with melanin isolated from Cladosporium cladosporiodes reduced the rate of superoxide anion-radicals generation and the content of hydroxyl radicals as well as synchronized the function of antioxidative enzymes in the cells.