Vitamin C in human and guinea pig aqueous, lens and plasma in relation to intake

Current Eye Research

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 857-864

  Taylor, A ^a   Jacques, P F ^a   Nowell, T ^a   Perrone, G ^a   Blumberg, J ^a   Handelman, G ^a   Jozwiak, B ^b   Nadler, D ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Sewickley Valley Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Ascorbate; Cataract; Guinea pig; Human; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE DISEASE; GUINEA PIG; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LENS; LENSECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ASCORBIC ACID; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION;

EID: 0030931759     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ceyr.16.9.857.5039     Document Type: Article

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