Surface chemistry study of the interactions of benzalkonium chloride with films of meibum, corneal cells lipids, and whole tears

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 4645-4654

  Georgiev, Georgi A ^a   Yokoi, Norihiko ^b   Koev, Krassimir ^c   Kutsarova, Elena ^a   Ivanova, Slavyana ^a   Kyumurkov, Alexander ^a   Jordanova, Albena ^d   Krastev, Rumen ^e,f   Lalchev, Zdravko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ALEXANDROVSKA   (Bulgaria)

^d INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Bulgaria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF COLLOIDS AND INTERFACES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; LIPID; BENZALKONIUM; MEMBRANE LIPID; PRESERVATIVE;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BREWSTER ANGLE MICROSCOPY; CELL VIABILITY; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEAL HYSTERESIS; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LIPID MEMBRANE; MALE; MEIBOMIAN GLAND; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEAR FILM; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; LACRIMAL FLUID; METABOLISM; PERMEABILITY; SECRETION; SECRETIONS; SURFACE TENSION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BENZALKONIUM COMPOUNDS; BODILY SECRETIONS; CELLS, CULTURED; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEIBOMIAN GLANDS; MEMBRANE LIPIDS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PERMEABILITY; PRESERVATIVES, PHARMACEUTICAL; RABBITS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE TENSION; TEARS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052310711     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-6271     Document Type: Article

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