Antioxidants and cataract

Free Radical Research

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 337-345

  Thiagarajan, R ^a   Manikandan, R ^b  

^a SASTRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b ALAGAPPA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Cataract; Curcumin; Lens; Oxidative stress; Vitamin C; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (CALCIUM); ALDEHYDE REDUCTASE; ALDOSE REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ALPHA TOCOTRIENOL; ANGELICIN; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CRYSTALLIN; BETA TOCOPHEROL; CURCUMIN; DELTA TOCOPHEROL; FLAVONOID; FREE RADICAL; GAMMA TOCOPHEROL; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE REDUCTASE; PHYCOCYANIN; PHYLLANTHUS NIRURI EXTRACT; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; VITEX NEGUNDO EXTRACT; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

AQUEOUS HUMOR; BRASSICA OLERACEA; CATARACT; CATARACTOGENESIS; CHROMATOPHORE; CISTANCHE DESERTICOLA; CORNUS; CRATAEGUS PINNATIFIDA; CURCUMA LONGA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GINKGO BILOBA; HUMAN; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MORUS ALBA; NANOMEDICINE; OCIMUM TENUIFLORUM; OREGANO; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOOXIDATION; PUERARIA LOBATA; REVIEW; SPIRULINA PLATENSIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; CATARACT; CURCUMIN; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FREE RADICALS; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; VITAMIN E;

EID: 84876221912     PISSN: 10715762     EISSN: 10292470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10715762.2013.777155     Document Type: Review

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