The model, on which we base our work, relies on cataract formation in lenses from young rats treated with sodium selenite. The model enables careful evaluation of how metabolism and ion homeostasis contribute to normal lens function and how metabolism responds to oxidative stress. Proceedings American Forage and Grassland Council 9. Free amino acids reflect impact of selenite-dependent stress on primary metabolism in rat lens. Eye Res .
Precataractous changes affect lens transparency in the selenite cataract.
Causes of decreased phase transition temperature in selenite cataract model. Photosynthetic inhibition and superoxide dismutase activity in soybean cultivars exposed to short-term ozone fumigations.