Protein-bound UV filters in normal human lenses: The concentration of bound UV filters equals that of free UV filters in the center of older lenses

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1718-1723

  Korlimbinis, Anastasia ^a,b   Aquilina, J Andrew ^b   Truscott, Roger J W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYKYNURENINE; 3 HYDROXYKYNURENINE GLUCOSIDE; 3-HYDROXYKYNURENINE; 3-HYDROXYKYNURENINE GLUCOSIDE; CRYSTALLIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GLUCOSIDE; KYNURENINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LENS; PHOTOOXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISUAL CORTEX; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; CHEMISTRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LENS NUCLEUS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN BINDING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CRYSTALLINS; GLUCOSIDES; HUMANS; KYNURENINE; LENS CORTEX, CRYSTALLINE; LENS NUCLEUS, CRYSTALLINE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEIN BINDING; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 34248363628     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.06-1134     Document Type: Article

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