The protective effect of alpha-lipoic acid against oxidative damage in rabbit conjunctiva and cornea exposed to ultraviolet radiation

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 219, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 49-53

  Demir, Ülkü ^a   Demir, Tamer ^a   Ilhan, Nevin ^a  

^a FIRAT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Lipoic acid; Antioxidants; Psoralen UVA therapy; Ultraviolet A radiation

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MALONALDEHYDE; METHOXSALEN; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOCTIC ACID; VERLA LIPON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; DECAPITATION; ENUCLEATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PUVA; RABBIT; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVAL DISEASES; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; METHOXSALEN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PUVA THERAPY; RABBITS; RADIATION INJURIES, EXPERIMENTAL; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOCTIC ACID; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 11844304362     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000081783     Document Type: Article

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