Melanin precursor 5,6-dihydroxyindol: Protective effects and cytotoxicity on retinal cells in vitro and in vivo

Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1030-1038

  Heiduschka, Peter ^a,b   Blitgen Heinecke, Petra ^a,b   Tura, Aysegül ^a   Kokkinou, Despina ^a   Julien, Sylvie ^a   Hofmeister, Sabine ^a   Bartz Schmidt, Karl Ulrich ^a   Schraermeyer, Ulrich ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b Steinbeis Transfer Centre for Pathology and Toxicology of the Eye   (Germany)

Author keywords

5,6 dihydroxyindole; ARPE 19 cells; Electroretinography; Retina; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

5,6 DIHYDROXYINDOLE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; MELANIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL LINE; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; RETINA CELL; RETINA CONE; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOPROTECTION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INDOLES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RETINA;

EID: 37549030996     PISSN: 01926233     EISSN: 15331601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01926230701831358     Document Type: Article

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