High galactose levels in vitro and in vivo impair ascorbate regeneration and increase ascorbate-mediated glycation in cultured rat lens

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 535-545

  Saxena, Poonam ^a   Saxena, Amit K ^a   Monnier, Vincent M ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ascorbate; dehydroascorbate; diketogulonate; galactose; lens; organ culture

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; GALACTOSE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACTOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLYCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LENS; NONHUMAN; ORGAN CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030296071     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1996.0144     Document Type: Article

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