Detection and study of the products of photooxidation of N-retinylidene-N-retinylethanolamine (A2E), the fluorophore of lipofuscin granules from retinal pigment epithelium of human donor eyes

Dokl Biochem Biophys. 2006 Jul-Aug:409:223-5. doi: 10.1134/s1607672906040089.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Darkness
  • Humans
  • Light*
  • Lipofuscin / analysis
  • Lipofuscin / metabolism*
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Oxidation-Reduction
  • Photochemistry
  • Pigment Epithelium of Eye / chemistry
  • Pigment Epithelium of Eye / metabolism*
  • Reactive Oxygen Species / chemistry
  • Retinoids / chemistry*
  • Superoxides / chemistry
  • Tissue Donors

Substances

  • A2-E (N-retinylidene-N-retinylethanolamine)
  • Lipofuscin
  • Reactive Oxygen Species
  • Retinoids
  • Superoxides
  • potassium superoxide