Vitamin C and the Lens: New Insights into Delaying the Onset of Cataract.

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Vitamin C and the Lens: New Insights into Delaying the Onset of Cataract.

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Cataracts or clouding of the lens is the leading cause of blindness in the world. Age and diabetes are major risk factors, and with an increasing aging and diabetic population, the burden of cataracts will grow. Cataract surgery is an effective way to restore vision; however, alternatives to cataract surgery are required to reduce the looming cataract epidemic. Since it is well established that oxidative damage plays a major role in the etiology of cataracts, antioxidants have been promoted a...

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2020-10-14

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Lim, Julie C / Caballero Arredondo, Mariana / Braakhuis, Andrea J / Donaldson, Paul J

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https://hdl.handle.net/2292/56018

Related subjects

Vitreous Body / Animals / Humans / Cataract / Diabetes Complications / Ascorbic Acid / Antioxidants / Vitrectomy / Risk Factors / Oxidative Stress / Aging / Dietary Supplements / Nutritional Physiological Phenomena / cataract / lens / oxidative stress / vitamin C / vitrectomy / vitreous humor / Science & Technology / Life Sciences & Biomedicine / Nutrition & Dietetics / AGE-RELATED CATARACT / NUCLEAR SCLEROTIC CATARACT / B-INDUCED CATARACT / ASCORBIC-ACID / SUPPLEMENT USE / AQUEOUS-HUMOR / MAILLARD REACTION / OXIDATIVE STRESS / RISK-FACTORS / DIETARY-SUPPLEMENT / 0908 Food Sciences / 1111 Nutrition and Dietetics

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