Materials and Methods Materials and plant preparation Standard commercial rodent diet and fresh purple-colored mulberry fruits were purchased from the local market (Cairo, Egypt). All berries were dried at 70°C for 4 days and grounded to powder [17]. Radiation facility Whole body gamma irradiation of rats was performed using a Canadian gamma cell-40, (137Cs) housed at the National Center for Radiation Research and Technology (NCRRT), Cairo, Egypt. The dose rate was 0.43 Gy/min at the time of the experiment. Rats were exposed to fractionated dose of 7.5 Gy γ-irradiation administered as 2.5 Gy, every other day. Determination of total phenolic compounds The concentration of total phenolic compound was measured by a modified Follin-Ciocalteu colorimetric method [18]. Briefly, a sample diluted was added to a test tube containing 1.58 mL of distilled water. Folin-Ciocalteu reagent of 100 μL was added, and the tube was stirred and allowed to stand at room temperature for 8 min. 300 μL of Na 2 CO 3 (7%, w/v) was added to the mixture and the absorbance was measured at 765 nm, after 120 min at room temperature, using a spectrophotometer. The results were expressed as milligram of Gallic Acid Equivalents (GAE) per gram fresh matter of fruit (mg GAE/ g fruit). Determination of antioxidant activity by the 2,2-Diphenyl-1-Picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) DPPH assay was determined by previously method described