Free radical reactions photosensitized by the human lens component, kynurenine: An EPR and spin trapping investigation

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-34

  Reszka, Krzysztof J ^a   Bilski, Piotr ^a   Chignell, Colin F ^a   Dillon, James ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Cysteine; EPR; Free radical; Kynurenine; Lens injury; Photochemistry; Photoreduction; Spin trapping; Superoxide radical

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYKYNURENINE; 5,5 DIMETHYL 1 PYRROLINE 1 OXIDE; ASCORBIC ACID; AZIDE; CYSTEINE; EDETIC ACID; FREE RADICAL; KYNURENINE; NITROMETHANE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ARTICLE; CHROMATOPHORE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LENS DISEASE; OXYGEN TENSION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOSENSITIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0030040917     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0891-5849(95)02018-7     Document Type: Article

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