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ophthalmic acid (medicine)


ophthalmic acid


A tripeptide occurring in lens, similar to glutathione but differing in the replacement of cysteine by alpha-amino-n-butyric acid (i.e., in the replacement of -SH by -CH3); a potent inhibitor of glyoxalase.

Compare: norophthalmic acid.