Sugars including erythronic and threonic acids in human aqueous humour

Current Eye Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 131-136

  Harding, John J ^a   Hassett, Patrick ^a   Rixon, Kenneth C ^a   Bron, Anthony J ^a   Harvey, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aqueous humour; Cataract; Erythronic acid; Glucose; Inositol; Sugars; Threonic acid

Indexed keywords

ERYTHRONOLIDE DERIVATIVE; FRUCTOSE; GLUCOSE; SORBITOL; SUGAR ACID; THREONINE;

AGED; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CATARACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AQUEOUS HUMOR; BUTYRIC ACIDS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0032843953     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ceyr.19.2.131.5334     Document Type: Article

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