Tempol-H inhibits opacification of lenses in organ culture

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1194-1202

  Zigler Jr , J Samuel ^a   Qin, Chuan ^a   Kamiya, Toshikazu ^a,c   Krishna, Murali C ^b   Cheng, Qiufang ^a,d   Tumminia, Santa ^a,e   Russell, Paul ^a  

^a NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c KYOWA HAKKO KOGYO CO LTD   (Japan)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Foundation Fighting Blindness   (United States)

Author keywords

Cataract; Cataract therapy; Free radicals; Lens; Organ culture; Oxidative stress; Tempol H

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ANTIOXIDANT; CARNOSINE; GLUTATHIONE; N [N (3 CARBOXYOXIRANE 2 CARBONYL)LEUCYL]AGMATINE; OXYGEN DERIVATIVE; PANTETHINE; TEMPOL; TEMPOL H; TIOPRONIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XYLOSE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG SCREENING; FEMALE; LENS; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN CULTURE; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RHESUS MONKEY;

MACACA MULATTA;

EID: 0242352425     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5849(03)00505-7     Document Type: Article

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