Prevention of intracellular oxidative stress to lens by pyruvate and its ester

Free Radical Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 131-135

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cataract; Eye lens; Menadione; Oxygen radicals; Pyruvate; Pyruvate ester

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ESTER; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; MENADIONE; PYRUVIC ACID; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; LENS; METABOLIC INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RAT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031838461     PISSN: 10715762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10715769809065799     Document Type: Article

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