THE PH IN THE PRECORNEAL TEAR FILM AND UNDER A CONTACT-LENS MEASURED WITH A FLUORESCENT-PROBE
THE PH IN THE PRECORNEAL TEAR FILM AND UNDER A CONTACT-LENS MEASURED WITH A FLUORESCENT-PROBE
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DOI:
10.1016/0014-4835(90)90209-d
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发表时间:
1990-03-01
影响因子:
3.4
通讯作者:
MAURICE, DM
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作者:
CHEN, FS;MAURICE, DM
The reaction of the precorneal tear film of the human eye was determined non-invasively by instilling pyranine, a pH-sensitive fluorescent dye. The mean value was 7.83 (S.D. .+-. 0.10) and it takes up this value immediately on opening the eye after the lids had been kept closed. The HCO3 system seems to be responsible for only a portion of the buffering power of the tear film. When a drop buffered to pH 6.4 with 0.075 M PO4 was instilled, the tears returned to their normal value in about 7 min, consistent with the washout time of solutes in the conjunctival sac. A pH of 7.3 was established in the tear fluid behind contact lenses, either gas permeable or impermeable, probably as a result of their restricting the loss of CO2 from the eye. The rabbit pre-corneal tear film is more alkaline, at about pH 8.2.