USE OF SECOISOLARICIRESINOL DIGLUCOSIDES (SDGS) AND RELATED COMPOUNDS FOR PROTECTION AGAINST RADIATION-INDUCED CARDIOVASCULAR DYSFUNCTION

摘要

The invention relates to the use of secoisolariciresinol diglucoside (SDG), obtained from natural sources, such as flaxseed, or generated synthetically (synthetic SDG is also referred to herein as LGM2605), other active components in flaxseed, secoisolariciresinol (SECO), enterodiol (ED), and enterolactone (EL), as well as stereoisomers of the foregoing, metabolites of the foregoing, degradants of the foregoing, and analogs of the foregoing, to treat and protect cardiac and vascular tissues, for example, treating ionizing radiation-associated vascular injury and vasculopathy and protecting vascular tissue against ionizing radiation exposure.