Nutritional and Environmental Influences on the Eye

Author: Allen Taylor
Published: June 1999
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 0849385652
Hardcover Book
Number of Pages: 304

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Significant advancements in nutrition's impact on the eye haveoccurred faster than any volume can document... until now. This book gives the background and rationale regarding the physiological damage caused by biological oxidants as well as the rationale for the protective roles for nutrient-antioxidants and how they affect the risk for cataracts age-related diseases of the eye including cataracts and age-related maculopathy Smoking and light exposure as factors for age-related eye diseases as well as the utility of potential anticataract pharmaceuticals is discussed

Table of Contents:

Ch. 1 Lens and Retina Function: Introduction and Challenge 1
Ch. 2 Oxygen Radicals in the Pathogenesis of Cataracts-Possibilities for Therapeutic Intervention 5
Ch. 3 Function of the Lens and Methods of Quantifying Cataract 25
Ch. 4 Nutritional and Environmental Influences on Risk for Cataract 53
Ch. 5 Evaluation of Epidemiologic Studies of Nutrition and Cataract 95
Ch. 6 Animal Studies on Cataract 105
Ch. 7 Evaluation of Anticataract Reagents 117
Ch. 8 Light and Risk for Age-related Eye Diseases 135
Ch. 9 Smoking and the Risk of Eye Diseases 151
Ch. 10 Grading of Age-related Maculopathy and Age-related Macular Degeneration 165
Ch. 11 Diet and Age-related Macular Degeneration 181
Ch. 12 The Carotenoids of the Human Retina 215
Ch. 13 In Vivo Psychophysical Assessment of Nutritional and Environmental Influences on Human Ocular Tissues: Lens and Macular Pigment 251
Index

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