Cataract development in sand and galactosemic rats fed a natural tomato extract

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 5122-5126

  Pollack, Ayalah ^a   Oren, Pnina ^b   Stark, Aliza H ^b   Eisner, Ziporah ^b   Nyska, Abraham ^b   Madar, Zecharia ^b  

^a KAPLAN HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aldose reductase; Cataract; Glutathione; Lycopene; Sand rats

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE REDUCTASE; ANTIOXIDANT; CAROTENE; GALACTOSE; LYCOPENE; PLANT EXTRACT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACTOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL DIABETES MELLITUS; GALACTOSEMIA; GERBIL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERGLYCEMIA; LENS; MALE; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN CONTENT; RAT; RAT STRAIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOMATO;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CAROTENOIDS; CATARACT; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GALACTOSEMIAS; GERBILLINAE; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

ANIMALIA; GERBILLINAE; ILEX COOKII; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0033381440     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf9900231     Document Type: Article

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