Role of xanthurenic acid 8-O-β-D-glucoside, a novel fluorophore that accumulates in the brunescent human eye lens

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 368-372

  Thiagarajan, Geetha ^a   Shirao, Etsuko ^b   Ando, Kanako ^b   Inoue, Amane ^c   Balasubramanian, Dorairajan ^a  

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

^b KANAZAWA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c ROHTO Pharmaceutical Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSIDE; PROTEIN; SUPEROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHURENIC ACID; XANTHURENIC ACID O BETA DEXTRO GLUCOSIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; XANTHURENIC ACID 8 GLUCOSIDE; XANTHURENIC ACID 8-O-GLUCOSIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACTOGENESIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHROMATOPHORE; EYE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LENS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; METABOLISM; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; XANTHURENATES;

EID: 0036729985     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2002)076<0368:ROXAOD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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