Project Report

Dissertation Project Report
Title: “Evaluation of a natural product as radiation countermeasure agent.”

Dissertation Submitted to Lovely Professional University, Punjab In partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Bachelor of Technology (Hons.) Biotechnology By Rishabh Malik- 8th Semester

May 2011

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY

This is to certify that the project report entitled “Evaluation of a natural product as radiation countermeasure agent.”, submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Technology (Hons.) in Biotechnology of Lovely Professional University, Punjab is a record of bona fide project work carried out by Mr. Rishabh Malik University Enrolment no. 7440070098, carried out at INMAS, DRDO, Delhi. His dissertation report is satisfactory for submission in partial fulfillment of the requirement for B. Tech (Hons.) Biotechnology of Lovely Professional University, Punjab.

Project Mentor:

Dr. Rajesh Arora Scientist „E‟ Division of Radiation Biology INMAS, DRDO, Delhi.

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Table of Contents:
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Acknowledgment

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List of Figures

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Introduction

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Biological Effects of Radiation

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Need of Radioprotection

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Review of Literature

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Objectives

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Materials & Methods

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Results & Discussion

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Conclusion

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Bibliography

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I would like to express my gratitude to all those who gave me the possibility to complete this project. I want to thank the Division of Radiation Biology, INMAS, Delhi for giving me permission to commence this project in the first instance, to do the necessary research work and to use departmental data. I have furthermore to thank my Project Mentor Dr. Rajesh Arora, Scientist „E‟, INMAS, DRDO, Delhi. I am also thankful to all my seniors specially Mr. Atlar Singh Dhaker, Mr. Manish Adhikari, Ms. Jyoti

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