Antioxidant activity of retinol, glutathione, and taurine in bovine photoreceptor cell membranes

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 693-702

  Keys, Susan A ^a   Zimmerman, William F ^b  

^a SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE   (United States)

^b AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Glutathione; Phospholipids; Retinol; Rod outer segments; Taurine

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; GLUTATHIONE; LIPOSOME; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; RETINOL; TAURINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CATTLE; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; IN VITRO STUDY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; LIPID SOLUBILITY; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; RETINA ROD OUTER SEGMENT;

EID: 0033067882     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1999.0657     Document Type: Article

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