Wax-tear and meibum protein, wax-β-carotene interactions in vitro using infrared spectroscopy

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 100, Issue , 2012, Pages 32-39

  Faheem, Samad ^a   Kim, Sung Hye ^a   Nguyen, Jonathan ^a   Neravetla, Shantanu ^a   Ball, Matthew ^a   Foulks, Gary N ^b   Yappert, Marta C ^a   Borchman, Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Attenuated total reflectance; Dry eye; Infrared spectroscopy; Meibum; Tears

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; KERATIN; LACTOGLOBULIN; LYSOZYME; MUCIN; PROTEIN; PROTEIN MEIBUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WAX;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MEIBOMIAN GLAND; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NEAR INFRARED REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; TEMPERATURE; VISCOSITY;

BETA CAROTENE; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; EYE PROTEINS; EYELID DISEASES; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; HUMANS; KERATINS; LACTOGLOBULINS; MEIBOMIAN GLANDS; MUCINS; MURAMIDASE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84862658349     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: 10960007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2012.04.003     Document Type: Article

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