Quercetin inhibits hydrogen peroxide-induced oxidation of the rat lens

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 639-645

  Sanderson, Julie ^a   McLauchlan, W Russell ^b   Williamson, Gary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Calcium; Cataract; Diet; Flavonoid; Free radical; Lens; Quercetin

Indexed keywords

CHLOROGENIC ACID; EPICATECHIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PENICILLIN G; QUERCETIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CATARACT; CATARACTOGENESIS; DIET; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; LENS; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RAT; SODIUM TRANSPORT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CATARACT; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; LIGHT; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; QUERCETIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SCATTERING, RADIATION; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032974901     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5849(98)00262-7     Document Type: Article

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