Effect of the isoflavone genistein against galactose-induced cataracts in rats

Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volumn 232, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 118-125

  Huang, Ruihua ^a   Shi, Fangxiong ^a   Lei, Tietao ^a   Song, Yajun ^a   Hughes, Claude L ^b,c   Liu, Gentao ^a,d,e  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b IQVIA   (United States)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cataract; Connexin 43; Galactose; Genistein; Soluble guanylyl cyclase

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 43; GALACTOSE; GENISTEIN; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; HORMONE; ISOFLAVONE; SOMATOSTATIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME SUBUNIT; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LENS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROPHYLAXIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SCORING SYSTEM; SOMATOSTATIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CATARACT; CONNEXIN 43; DIET; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GALACTOSE; GENISTEIN; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; SOMATOSTATIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 33846175375     PISSN: 15353702     EISSN: 15353699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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