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Fatty acid composition of membrane phospholipids of cataractous human lenses
F Simonelli1, T Libondi, N Romano
1Eye Clinic, 2nd University of Naples, Italy.
Ophthalmic Research
|January 1, 1996
Abstract:
The effect of lipid peroxidation on fatty acid composition in membrane phospholipids of transparent and cataractous lens nuclei was investigated. The preliminary results demonstrate a trend toward an increase in the content of palmitic acid with a decrease in the content of oleic acid, linolenic acid and docosahexaenoic acid in the opaque nuclei as compared to the transparent ones of senile cataractous lenses.