ATOM INDONESIA
Referee’s Report
Article No. : # 968
Title of Paper : Protection Effect of Garlic, Petai Bean, Jengkol Bean, Tomato Extracts and N- acetylcystein on 2 Rats after 5 Gy Whole Body Irradiation
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Comment on Descriptions 1. Title
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2. Abstract
Yes[ X ] No[ ] Is the length rea sona ble?
Yes[ X ] No[ ] Is it a n a ppropria te summary of the content?
3. Main Text
Yes[X ] No[ ] Is there a nything new in this work?
Yes[X] No[ ] Is the rela tion to previous studies a dequately sta ted?
Yes[ X ] No[ ] Are the a ssumption(s) a nd/or method(s) described comprehensively?
Yes[X] No[ ] Are the new results a dequately emphasized?
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# Referee’s Comments
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Title
Need to be changed (use scientific name for petai and jengkol)
Petai and jengkol, please check English name or scientific names. For example petai is Bitter bean, jengkol is Pithecellobium jiringa
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…. Free radicals induced by 5 Gy single dose irradiation of gamma rays Change to
free radicals induced by gamma irradiation with a dose of 5 Gy ……
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The rat were irradiated Change to
The rats were irradiated
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Single dose 5 Gy γ-irradiation caused increase the level Change to
The results showed that γ-irradiation with a dose of 5 Gy cause increase the level ….
28-34 The sentences are difficult to understand. Please rearrange the sentences 34 attact => attack
35 an DNA => DNA
37-40 The sentence is difficult to understand. Please change/rearrange the sentence 51-52 Several studies have shown that some vegetables to protect
52-53 …. body from free radical danger
69-71 change the sentence to: Besides the active compounds, the vegetable also contains vitamin C and various phenolic compounds.
71-72 change the Sentence to:NAC is a derivative of the cysteine which has antioxidant activity and often used as standard antioxidant
90 ….were used for the our study.
95 The rats were feed with a commercial (please add with) 97 All animal was weighing => All animals were weighing 99-
107 Figure is to small and not properly arranged.
117 Group B (5 Gy only) 115-
129 The sentences are difficult to understand. Please rearrange the sentences 135-
149 Please rearranged and correct the sentence.
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change the sentence to: Measurement of MDA concentration was performed according to the method of Wills (2015) [19]. The MDA concentration was expressed in a total 198 protein concentration.
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430 Ionizing radiation can produce ROS that will cause …..
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433 The radiation source used in this study is 60Co gamma ray. (Remove the sentence) Final comments and recommendations:
1. The paper was written in poor English. Many mistakes in grammatical, word spelling and punctuation. Please consult with an English proofreader for grammar correction. please check word by word before it sent to the journal
2. All the word jengkol, and petai should be change to English/scientific name 3. Many sentences are difficult to understand.
4. Figure 2 and 3: too small, please make enlargement
5. The discussions should be re-arranged in such a manner in order to be more easy to understand
This paper is recommended to be [ ] Accepted without further revision [ ] Accepted with minor revision [ X ] Major Revision is required [ ] Rejected
