title: Copper levels in human mixed, nuclear brunescence, and posterior subcapsular cataract.
abstract: The study was undertaken to determine the copper content in different human cataractous lenses. The level of copper increased with increasing age in nuclear brunescence and mixed cataractous lens and a low amount of copper was observed in the posterior subcapsular cataractous lens with increasing age. Cataractous lenses of females have greater amounts of copper compared with males.
authors: Department of Zoology, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, India.
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Balaji
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Sasikala
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Ravindran
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000378:metabolism; D002386:Cataract / Q000378:metabolism*; D003300:Copper / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007907:Lens Nucleus, Crystalline / Q000737:chemistry; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000737:chemistry*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors
chemical_list: D003300:Copper