Ascorbate in the corneal epithelium of diurnal and nocturnal species

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 39, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 2774-2777

  Ringvold, Amund ^a   Anderssen, Erlend ^b   Kjønniksen, Inge ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; KERATITIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TISSUE LEVEL; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; ASCORBIC ACID; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CARNIVORA; CATS; CATTLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEER; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FERRETS; HORSES; LIGHT; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REINDEER; SHEEP; SWINE;

EID: 0031737505     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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