Redox status of the eye lens: A regional study

Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 381-389

  Argirova, Mariana ^a,b   Kleine Reidick, Mischa ^a   Breipohl, Winrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF PLOVDIV   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Cataract; Iron; Oxidative stress; Oxidized glutathione; Protein sulfhydryl groups; Reactive oxygen species; Reduced glutathione

Indexed keywords

DISULFIDE; GLUTATHIONE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IRON; OXYGEN; PROTEIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; CATARACT; CATTLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; LENS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS;

ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICS; CATARACT; CATTLE; CELL NUCLEUS; DISULFIDES; GLUTATHIONE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IRON; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN; PROTEINS; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

EID: 21144438905     PISSN: 10859195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/CBB:41:3:381     Document Type: Article

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