Cysteine and ascorbate loss in the diabetic rat lens prior to hydration changes

Current Eye Research

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 564-571

  Mitton, Kenneth P ^a   Dzialoszynski, Thomasz ^b   Sanford, S Ernest ^c   Trevithick, John R ^d  

^a NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Faculty of Kinesiology   (Canada)

^c BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM CANADA LTD   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ascorbate; Cataract; Cysteine; Dehydroascorbate; Diabetes mellitus; Rat

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CYSTEINE; DEHYDROASCORBIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; POTASSIUM ION; SODIUM ION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATARACT; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDRATION; LENS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; RAT; RUPTURE; SLIT LAMP;

ANIMALS; ASCORBIC ACID; BODY WATER; CYSTEINE; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0030957760     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ceyr.16.6.564.5078     Document Type: Article

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