On the Anticataractogenic Effects of L-Carnosine: Is It Best Described as an Antioxidant, Metal-Chelating Agent or Glycation Inhibitor?

Figure 7

Porcine lenses incubated in negative control medium and in high galactose medium, high galactose with 10 mM L-carnosine, and high galactose with 20 mM L-carnosine (a), percentage of α-crystallin remaining after lens incubation measured for negative control, positive and treated lenses with L-carnosine (10 mM and 20 mM) (b), and percentage of glycated proteins for positive control and treated lenses with L-carnosine (10 and 20 mM) (c). Results are presented as mean values ± SD, [statistically significant; not significant].

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