Free radicals and aging of anterior segment tissues of the eye: A hypothesis

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 27, Issue , 1995, Pages 143-149

  Green, Keith ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Catalase; Cornea; Glutathione; Hydrogen peroxide; Lens; Trabecular meshwork

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; FREE RADICAL; GLUTATHIONE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE;

AGING; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ARTICLE; CATARACTOGENESIS; CELL LOSS; CORNEA; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LENS; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; CATALASE; CILIARY BODY; CORNEA; FREE RADICALS; GLUTATHIONE; HUMAN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IRIS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; OXIDANTS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

EID: 0028883513     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: 14230259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000267860     Document Type: Article

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