Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- About the Editor -- SECTION I: Herbals for Radiomodulation (Radioprotection/Radiosensitization): An Overview -- 1 Radiomodulatory Compounds of Herbal Origin for New Frontiers in Medicine, Homeland Security, Management of Radiological Incidents and Space Applications -- SECTION II: Phytomedicine for Radioprotection and Management of Radiation Injuries -- 2 Indian Medicinal Herbs and Ayurvedic Formulations as Potential Radioprotectors -- 3. Irradiation, Radioprotection and Nigella sativa -- 4. Modulation of Radiation-induced Damage by Serbian Natural Plant Products: Implications for Radioprotection -- 5. Phytoceuticals for Radioprotection with Special Reference to Egyptian Flora -- 6. Melatonin Mitigates the Damaging Effects of Ionizing Radiation -- 7. Radioprotective Effect of Citrus and Hawthorn Extracts against Genotoxicty Induced by Gamma Irradiation -- 8. The Healing Potential of Indigenous Essential Oils from New Zealand in the Prevention and Management of Radiation-induced Mucositis -- SECTION III: Biological and Behavioural Radioprotection by Dietary Ingredients/Nutraceuticals -- 9. Piper betel Leaves: A Potential Gold Mine of Radioprotective and Photoprotective Compounds -- 10. Dietary Antioxidants and Phytochemicals in Radioprotection and Therapy -- 11. Effects of Berry Fruits on Neurocognitive Deficits Produced by Exposure to Space Radiation -- 12. Radioprotection by the Soy Isoflavone Genistein -- 13. Propolis and Related Flavonoids as Radioprotective Agents -- SECTION IV: Elucidation of Mechanism of Action of Herbal Radioprotectors (A Stepping Stone for Designing of Novel Radiomodulators) -- 14. Radioprotective Effects of Ginkgo biloba via its Antioxidant Action.

15. Novel Strategies for Protecting Mitochondria (the Cellular Powerhouse) against Low-LET Radiation: A Review -- 16. Andrographis paniculata: An Emerging Radioprotective Agent for Membrane Proteins -- 17. Mitigation of Deleterious Effects of Ionizing Radiation by Phytoceuticals: Mechanistic Studies with Centella asiatica -- SECTION V: Cancer Therapy: The Role of Radiosensitizers of Natural Origin -- 18. The Radiosensitizing Effects of L-Canavanine -- 19. Withaferin A - A Phytosteroid of Promise for Tumour Sensitization in Cancer Therapy -- 20. The Radiosensitizer Hypericin as Adjuvant Therapy in the Treatment of Central Nervous System Tumours -- 21. Radiosensitizing Activity of the Indian Medicinal Plant Tinospora cordifolia Miers ex Hook F & Thoms in Tumour-bearing Mice -- SECTION VI: Antioxidants and Radiotherapy: The Enigmatic Connection -- 22. Do Antioxidants Reduce the Efficacy of Radiotherapy? -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.