Methylglyoxal concentration and glyoxalase activities in the human lens

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 497-500

  Haik, George M ^a   Lo, Theodore W C ^b   Thornalley, Paul J ^b  

^a George Haik Eye Clinic   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age; Cataract; Glutathione; Glyoxalase; Human lens; Methylglyoxal

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYACYLGLUTATHIONE HYDROLASE; LACTOYLGLUTATHIONE LYASE; METHYLGLYOXAL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACTOGENESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LENS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CATARACT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACTOYLGLUTATHIONE LYASE; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PYRUVALDEHYDE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0028019039     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1994.1135     Document Type: Article

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