Curcumin and turmeric delay streptozotocin-induced diabetic cataract in rats

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2092-2099

  Suryanarayana, Palla ^a   Saraswat, Megha ^a   Mrudula, Tiruvalluru ^a   Krishna, T Prasanna ^a   Krishnaswamy, Kamala ^a   Reddy, G Bhanuprakash ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; CRYSTALLIN; CURCUMIN; GLUCOSE; GLUTATHIONE; INSULIN; POLYOL; PROTEIN; STREPTOZOCIN; TURMERIC; OXIDOREDUCTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CATARACT; CATARACTOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURCUMA LONGA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; FOOD INTAKE; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN CONTENT; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SLIT LAMP; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DIET; DISEASE COURSE; EATING; EXPERIMENTAL DIABETES MELLITUS; GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY WEIGHT; CATARACT; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CRYSTALLINS; CURCUMA; CURCUMIN; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DIET; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EATING; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GLUTATHIONE; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INSULIN; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXIDOREDUCTASES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES;

EID: 22144432295     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.04-1304     Document Type: Article

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