title: [Free carbohydrate content of the cortex and nucleus of bovine lenses as a function of ageing (author's transl)].
abstract: The determination of the products of the sorbitol pathway and of inositol in the equator and nucleus of bovine lenses of different ages, performed by gas-chromatographic analyses, is described. Independent of age, the proportion of glucose, sorbitol, and fructose is higher in the equatorial part than in the nucleus. The proportion of inositol is about 3 mg/1 g lens fresh weight in the equator, and about 2 mg/1 g lens fresh weight in the nucleus, and seems to decrease slightly with ageing.
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D001205:Ascorbic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D050260:Carbohydrate Metabolism; D002417:Cattle; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D005632:Fructose / Q000378:metabolism; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D007294:Inositol / Q000096:biosynthesis; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000378:metabolism*; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D013012:Sorbitol / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D005632:Fructose; D007294:Inositol; D013012:Sorbitol; D005947:Glucose; D001205:Ascorbic Acid
vernacular_title: Der Gehalt an freien Kohlenhydraten in Rinde und Kern von Rinderlinsen in Abhängigkeit vom Alter.