Effect of cigarette smoking on cataract: Antioxidant enzymes and constituent minerals in the lens and blood of humans

Indian Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 428-431

  Sulochana, K N ^a   Punitham, R ^a   Ramakrishnan, S ^a  

^a VISION RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

Author keywords

Nuclear cataract; Oxidative stress; Tobacco smokers; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CERULOPLASMIN; COPPER; ENZYME; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MINERAL; SELENIUM; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; ZINC;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; BLOOD; BLOOD SAMPLING; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INDIA; LENS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PHARMACODYNAMICS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRACE METAL BLOOD LEVEL; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0036899838     PISSN: 02537613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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