title: Antioxidant activity of plasma from subjects with and without senile cataract.
abstract: The relationship between overall plasma antioxidant activity and senile cataract was examined in 148 subjects aged 37-90 years. Antioxidant activity of plasma from 52 control and 96 patients with senile cataract was determined by a method which measures the capacity of plasma to inhibit auto-oxidation of bovine brain homogenate. In contrast to previous studies which demonstrated a relationship between decreased levels of antioxidant components in blood and the occurrence of lens opacities, the present study does not show any significant difference between subjects with and without senile cataract.
authors.affiliation: Centre de Recherche, Laboratoire Chauvin, Montpellier, France.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tissié
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Flangakis
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Missotten
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: D'Hermies
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: de Laey
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bourgeois
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zenatti
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Hermet
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Rigeade
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bonne
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000097:blood; D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000378:metabolism*; D002386:Cataract / Q000097:blood*; D002387:Cataract Extraction; D002417:Cattle; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017392:Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D017392:Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances