A mechanistic study of the photooxidation of A2E, a component of human retinal lipofuscin

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 313-319

  Gaillard, E R ^a   Avalle, L B ^a   Keller, L M M ^a   Wang, Z ^a   Reszka, K J ^b   Dillon, J P ^c  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

A2E; AMD; free radicals; lipofuscin; photooxidation; RPE; superoxide

Indexed keywords

2 [2,6 DIMETHYL 8 (2,6,6 TRIMETHYL 1 CYCLOHEXEN 1 YL)OCTATETRAENYL] 1 (2 HYDROXYETHYL) 4 [4 METHYL 6 (2,6,6 TRIMETHYL 1 CYCLOHEXEN 1 YL)HEXATRIENYL] PYRIDINIUM; LIPOFUSCIN; OXYGEN; RADICAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOOXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS;

FREE RADICALS; HUMANS; LIPOFUSCIN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; PYRIDINIUM COMPOUNDS; RETINA; RETINOIDS; SUPEROXIDES;

EID: 4444371890     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2004.05.005     Document Type: Article

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