Galactose metabolism in male and female rats. II. Eye-ball differences.
When rats consumed a well-balanced diet containing 30% lactose or 30% glucose-galactose mixture, the biological composition of the lens was more disturbed in female: the leak of inositol and the accumulation of galactitol were higher than in the male.
D000818:Animals; D001082:Aqueous Humor / Q000378:metabolism*; D002386:Cataract / Q000209:etiology; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D004376:Galactitol / Q000378:metabolism; D005690:Galactose / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D005693:Galactosemias / Q000209:etiology; D005947:Glucose / Q000494:pharmacology; D007785:Lactose / Q000494:pharmacology; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats
D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates; D004376:Galactitol; D005947:Glucose; D007785:Lactose; D005690:Galactose