Table 1 of Suryanarayana, Mol Vis 2004; 10:148-154.


Table 1. Inhibition of aldose reductase (AR) by ascorbic acid

Values are expressed as percent residual activity and are averages of three independent experiments.

Ascorbic    Rat lens       Human
acid (mM)      AR      recombinant AR
---------   --------   --------------
  0          100           100
  0.01        98.6          98.3
  0.1         97.8          98.8
  1.0         95.2          96.6
  5.0         96.2          95.8

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