EVIDENCE FOR THE PHOTOPROTECTIVE EFFECTS OF VITAMIN-E

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作者
FRYER, MJ
机构
[1] Photosynthesis Research Group, Department of Biology, University of Essex, Colchester, Essex, CO4 3SQ, Wivenhoe Park
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10.1111/j.1751-1097.1993.tb09566.x
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The antioxidant vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol) may protect both animal and plant cell membranes from light-induced damage. The var-ious biochemical and biophysical modes of protection are considered. An examination is made of the evidence that vitamin E plays an important prophylactic role against a number of serious light-induced diseases and conditions of the eye (cataractogenesis and retinal photodeterioration) and skin (erythrocyte photohemolysis, photocrythema, photoaging and photocarcinogenesis) that are mediated by photooxidative damage to cell membranes.
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