Biochemical Studies on Mice 6–18 Months after Total-body X-irradiation

Summary

Male CBA mice 6–10 months after exposure to LD_20–30 (30 days) x-radiation have been examined. The weights of body, testes, heart and kidney were reduced. There was no change in fat- or water-content of the organs, nor was the total water-content of the carcass affected. The total fat-content of the carcass increased in irradiated mice. There was a reduction in the incorporation of ³²P into kidney-DNA relative to that into RNA.