[Content of certain sugars and polyols in cataractous nucleus in non-diabetics and diabetic patients with type II diabetes].
OBJECTIVE
Sugars and polyols content assessment in cataractous nucleus in diabetics and non-diabetics.


METHODS
Cataractous nucleus was obtained during extracapsular cataract extraction derived from 52 diabetic and 58 non-diabetic patients. The content of glucose, fructose, sorbitol and mioinositol in examined material was determined using iquid gas chromatography.


RESULTS
Average contents of sorbitol, glucose and fructose in cataractous nucleus diabetic patients (ZSC) are significantly higher than in non-diabetics (ZS). No changes were observed in mioinositol content in both studied groups.


CONCLUSIONS
The role of the polyol pathway in the development of diabetic cataract is considerable.
Sabasiński
K
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Katedry i Kliniki Okulistyki AM w Białymstoku.
Andrzejewska-Buczko
J
J
Stankiewicz
A
A
Gińdzieński
A
A
Kisiel
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D
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000449:Aldehyde Reductase / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism; D002386:Cataract / Q000150:complications* / Q000378:metabolism*; D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000379:methods; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D005632:Fructose / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism; D005947:Glucose / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
D005632:Fructose; D000449:Aldehyde Reductase; D005947:Glucose
Zawartość wybranych cukrów i polioli w jadrach zmetniałych soczewek u osób bez cukrzycy i z cukrzyca typu II.