Cataract development in diabetic sand rats treated with α-lipoic acid and its γ-linolenic acid conjugate

Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 44-50

  Borenshtein, D ^a   Ofri, R ^a   Werman, M ^b   Stark, A ^a   Tritschler, H J ^c   Moeller, W ^c   Madar, Z ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c ASTA MEDICA AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lipoic acid; Linolenic acid; Aldose reductase; Cataract; Reduced glutathione; Sand rat

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE REDUCTASE; CORN OIL; GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; GLUCOSE; GLUTATHIONE; THIOCTIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CATARACT; CATARACTOGENESIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG CONJUGATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INTUBATION; LENS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SYMPTOM;

ALDEHYDE REDUCTASE; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CATARACT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DIET; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENERGY INTAKE; GAMMA-LINOLENIC ACID; GERBILLINAE; GLUTATHIONE; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; OBESITY; THIOCTIC ACID;

EID: 0035093777     PISSN: 15207552     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1520-7560(0000)9999:9999<::AID-DMRR153>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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