UV absorption by uric acid in diurnal bird aqueous humor

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 2067-2069

  Ringvold, Amund ^a,b   Anderssen, Erlend ^a   Kjønniksen, Inge ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; M PROTEIN; TRYPTOPHAN; TYROSINE; URIC ACID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHICKEN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; SPECTROPHOTOMETER; TURKEY (BIRD); ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ABSORPTION; ANIMALS; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ASCORBIC ACID; CATTLE; CHICKENS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; EYE PROTEINS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; TRYPTOPHAN; TURKEYS; TYROSINE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; URIC ACID;

EID: 0033947474     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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