Efficacy of α-lipoic acid against diabetic cataract in rat

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 10-13

  Kojima, Masami ^a   Sun, Li ^a   Hata, Ikuho ^a   Sakamoto, Yasuo ^a   Sasaki, Hiroshi ^a   Sasaki, Kazuyuki ^a  

^a KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

lipoic acid; Antioxidant; Diabetic cataract; Lipoic acid; Rat

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; THIOCTIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; IMAGING; LENS; LIGHT SCATTERING; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CATARACT; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; LIGHT; RATS; RATS, INBRED BN; SCATTERING, RADIATION; THIOCTIC ACID; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33847148514     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10384-006-0384-3     Document Type: Article

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