Superoxide dismutase, catalase, glutathione peroxidase and xanthine oxidase in diabetic rat lenses

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 346-350

  Çekiç, Osman ^a,b   Bardak, Yavuz ^a   Totan, Yüksel ^a   Akyol, Ömer ^a   Zilelioǧlu, Güler ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Catalase; Diabetic rat lenses; Glutathione peroxidase; Superoxide dismutase; Xanthine oxidase

Indexed keywords

ALLOXAN; CATALASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; LENS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CATALASE; CATARACT; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; FEMALE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

EID: 0032838847     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000055557     Document Type: Article

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