A DIRECT CORRELATION BETWEEN THE LEVELS OF ASCORBIC-ACID AND H2O2 IN AQUEOUS-HUMOR
A DIRECT CORRELATION BETWEEN THE LEVELS OF ASCORBIC-ACID AND H2O2 IN AQUEOUS-HUMOR
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DOI:
10.1016/0014-4835(84)90142-8
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
影响因子:
3.4
通讯作者:
REDDY, VN
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作者:
GIBLIN, FJ;MCCREADY, JP;REDDY, VN
There is evidence that H2O2 present in aqueous humor arises from ascorbic acid which is also present in this fluid, but the extent to which peroxide is derived from ascorbic acid is not known. The concentrations of H2O2 and ascorbic acid, normally present in the aqueous humor of various species and also under conditions in which the level of ascorbic acid in the fluid was experimentally altered, were measured. In aqueous humor of rabbit and guinea pig the concentration of ascorbic acid was 10 times higher than that present in aqueous of rat and frog. The concentration of H2O2 was 4-10 times higher in rabbit and guinea pig aqueous compared to that in rat and frog. Consistent with the higher concentration of ascrobic acid in posterior compared to anterior aqueous humor in the rabbit, the concentration of H2O2 was also significantly higher in the posterior aqueous. When ascorbic acid in rabbit aqueous humor was elevated by i.p. administration of the compound, there was a significant increase in the level of H2O2 in both anterior and posterior aqueous humor. When the level of ascorbic acid was lowered experimentally by placing guinea pigs on an ascorbic acid deficient diet, a 10-fold decrease in the level of boht ascorbic acid and H2O2 was observed in the aqueous humor. Upon returning the animals to a normal diet, the concentrations of both compounds returned to control values. The direct correlation between the concentrations of ascorbic acid and H2O2 in aqueous humor suggests that ascrobic acid is the primary source of H2O2 in this fluid.