Attenuation of galactose cataract by low levels of dietary curcumin

Nutrition Research

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 515-526

  Pandya, Utpal ^a   Chandra, Animesh ^b   Awasthi, Sanjay ^c   Jin, Gui Fang ^b   Piper, John T ^a   Godley, Bernard F ^b   Awasthi, Yogesh C ^a,b  

^a Dept of Hum Biol Chem and Genet ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Cataract; Curcumin; Galactose; Rat

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CURCUMIN; GALACTOSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACTOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; LENS EPITHELIUM; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0034177750     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0271-5317(00)00143-3     Document Type: Article

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