Ultraviolet filter compounds in human lenses: 3-hydroxykynurenine glucoside formation

Vision Research

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 1994, Pages 1369-1374

  Wood, Andrew M ^a   Truscott, Roger J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

N' formylkynurenine Tryptophan 3 Hydroxykynurenine Cataract Lens colouration

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYKYNURENINE; GLUCOSIDE; TRYPTOPHAN;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; FILTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROLYSIS; LENS; LENS NUCLEUS; METABOLITE; ORGAN CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METABOLISM; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; GLUCOSIDES; HUMAN; KYNURENINE; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MIDDLE AGE; ORGAN CULTURE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 0028331969     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0042-6989(94)90135-X     Document Type: Article

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