Oxidative stress to rat lens in vitro: Protection by taurine

Free Radical Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 189-195

  Devamanoharan, P S ^a   Ali, A H ^a   Varma, S D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Cataract; Lens; Menadione; Oxygen radicals; Taurine

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; GLUTATHIONE; MENADIONE; PROTEIN; RUBIDIUM; TAURINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; LENS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GLUTATHIONE; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RUBIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TAURINE; VITAMIN K;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031796042     PISSN: 10715762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10715769800300221     Document Type: Article

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