Table 2 of Reddy, Mol Vis 2002; 8:298-305.


Table 2. Lens weight and protein content

Rats were maintained on regular rodent diet (Control), a 50% food restriction (FR), a 75% protein restriction (PR), and a 50% vitamin restriction (VR) diet. In the Lens weight column, the data are shown as the mean±standard deviation of 16 lenses. In the Protein column, the data are shown as the mean±standard deviation of three observations in duplicate.

          Lens weight     Protein (mg/g tissue)       Total soluble protein
 Group       (mg)       Total    Soluble  Insoluble   (% of total protein)
-------   -----------   ---------------------------   ---------------------
Control    52.3±3.14    474±32   367±22    88.4±5.2           77.4
FR         51.0±2.82    489±26   369±28    81.2±8.3           75.2
PR         48.4±3.44    466±29   362±25    98.3±7.6           77.7
VR         47.2±3.78    496±35   378±32   102.0±9.2           76.2

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