Photooxidation of RPE lipofuscin bisretinoids enhances fluorescence intensity

Vision Research

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 729-736

  Kim, So Ra ^a   Jang, Young Pyo ^a   Sparrow, Janet R ^a,b  

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

^b NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Bisretinoids; Fluorescence; Lipofuscin; Photooxidation; Retinal pigment epithelium

Indexed keywords

A2E PIGMENT; ALL TRANS RETINAL DIMER; DIMER; LIPOFUSCIN; PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE; RETINAL; RETINOID; RETINOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VISUAL PIGMENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT INTENSITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONLINE MONITORING; OXIDATION KINETICS; PHOTOOXIDATION; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION OPTIMIZATION;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FUNDUS OCULI; HUMANS; LIPOFUSCIN; MICE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PYRIDINIUM COMPOUNDS; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RETINOIDS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 77950519368     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2009.09.015     Document Type: Article

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