Identification of the new UV filter compound cysteine-l-3-hydroxykynurenine O-β-d-glucoside in human lenses

FEBS Letters

Volumn 580, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 5071-5076

  Hains, Peter G ^a,b   Mizdrak, Jasminka ^c   Streete, Isla M ^b   Jamie, Joanne F ^c   Truscott, Roger J W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cataract; Cysteine; Lens; UV filters

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIN; CYSTEINE; CYSTEINE 3 HYDROXYKYNURENINE O BETA DEXTRO GLUCOSIDE; GLUCOSIDE; GLUTATHIONE; KETONE; KYNURENINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LENS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AGED; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DIPEPTIDES; GLUCOSIDES; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; THERMODYNAMICS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 33748302770     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2006.08.026     Document Type: Article

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