Investigations into the loss of glutathione from lenses in organ culture

Current Eye Research

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 719-725

  Qin, Chuan ^a   Tumminia, Santa J ^a   Russell, Paul ^a   Rao, P Vasantha ^a   Zigler Jr , J Samuel ^a  

^a NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

2 mercaptoethanol; Glutathione; Lens; Organ culture; Rats

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CYSTEINE; GLUTATHIONE; MERCAPTOETHANOL; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

AGE; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; LENS EPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; ORGAN CULTURE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RHESUS MONKEY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0029781271     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02713689609003454     Document Type: Article

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