Fat-soluble nutrient concentrations in different layers of human cataractous lens

Current Eye Research

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 502-505

  Yeum, Kyung Jin ^a   Shang, Fu ^a   Schalch, Wolfgang ^b   Russell, Robert M ^a   Taylor, Allen ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cataract; Cortex; Epithelium; Human; Lens; Lutein; Tocopherol; Zeaxanthin

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; FAT; LYCOPENE; RETINOL; TOCOPHEROL; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE PROTECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LENS; LENS EPITHELIUM; NUTRIENT; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 0033374054     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ceyr.19.6.502.5282     Document Type: Article

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