title: Inhibitory action of microwave radiation on gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase activity in liver of rats treated with hydrocortisone.
abstract: The influence of microwave irradiation on the activity of gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT) induced by hydrocortisone (HC) in the liver of rats was investigated. Animals were subjected to microwave irradiation (frequency 53.57 GHz, power density 10 mW/cm2 and 1 mW/cm2) during and after hydrocortisone (HC) treatment (20 mg/kg for 60 days). The results indicate that microwave radiation may block an inducible effect of HC on GGT activity in the liver of rats. This effect depends on the power density of millimetre microwaves.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biophysics, Medical Academy, Lublin, Poland. olchowik@panaceum.am.lublin.pl
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Olchowik
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Maj
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006854:Hydrocortisone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology*; D008872:Microwaves; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D005723:gamma-Glutamyltransferase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D005723:gamma-Glutamyltransferase; D006854:Hydrocortisone