Antioxidant defenses in the ocular surface

Ocular Surface

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 176-185

  Chen, Ying ^a   Mehta, Gaurav ^a   Vasiliou, Vasilis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related eye disease; Antioxidants; Free radicals; Ocular defense system; Reactive oxygen species; Vitamin A; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS HUMOR; CORNEA; EYE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN TENSION; REVIEW; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNLIGHT; TEAR FILM;

EID: 77049120544     PISSN: 15420124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1542-0124(12)70185-4     Document Type: Article

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