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Photochemical Damage in the Albino Rat Retina: Oral Taurine Has No Effect on DNA and Protein Loss from Severely Damaged Photoreceptor Cells
Author(s) -
Voaden M. J.,
Hussain A. A.,
Lalji K.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
journal of neurochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.75
H-Index - 229
eISSN - 1471-4159
pISSN - 0022-3042
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-4159.1984.tb02717.x
Subject(s) - taurine , retina , dna , dna damage , chemistry , biophysics , fluorescence , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , medicine , biochemistry , neuroscience , amino acid , optics , physics
Albino Wistar rats were exposed continuously to fluorescent light, causing photoreceptor destruction over a period of 4 days. The rate of DNA and protein loss from the cells was not affected by administration of 5% taurine in the drinking water.