Nutritional Strategies to Prevent Lens Cataract: Current Status and Future Strategies.

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Nutritional Strategies to Prevent Lens Cataract: Current Status and Future Strategies.

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Oxidative stress and the subsequent oxidative damage to lens proteins is a known causative factor in the initiation and progression of cataract formation, the leading cause of blindness in the world today. Due to the role of oxidative damage in the etiology of cataract, antioxidants have been prompted as therapeutic options to delay and/or prevent disease progression. However, many exogenous antioxidant interventions have to date produced mixed results as anti-cataract therapies. The aim of t...

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Research paper

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Journal article

Date created

2019-05-27

Creator

Braakhuis, Andrea J / Donaldson, Caitlin I / Lim, Julie C / Donaldson, Paul J

URL

https://hdl.handle.net/2292/62550

Related subjects

Lens, Crystalline / Animals / Humans / Cataract / Antioxidants / Diet / Risk Factors / Oxidative Stress / Nutritional Status / Nutritive Value / Dietary Supplements / Protective Factors / antioxidant supplements / dietary antioxidants / lens / Complementary and Integrative Health / Aging / Eye Disease and Disorders of Vision / Prevention / Nutrition / Science & Technology / Life Sciences & Biomedicine / Nutrition & Dietetics / AGE-RELATED CATARACT / GLUCOSE TRANSPORTERS GLUT1 / VITAMIN-C / RANDOMIZED-TRIAL / NUCLEAR CATARACT / MACULAR DEGENERATION / PROSPECTIVE COHORT / MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION / REDUCED GLUTATHIONE / NUTRIENT INTAKE / 1113 Opthalmology and Optometry / 0601 Biochemistry and Cell Biology / Biomedical / Basic Science / Complementary and Alternative Medicine / 0908 Food Sciences / 1111 Nutrition and Dietetics

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