Figure 1From: The clinical relevance of assessing advanced glycation endproducts accumulation in diabetesSimplified scheme of the complex Maillard reaction and formation of some advanced glycation endproducts (AGEs) in vivo. CEL = carboxyethyllysine; MOLD = methylglyoxal lysine dimer; DOLD, 3-deoxyglucosone lysine dimer; CML, carboxymethyllysine; GOLD, glyoxal lysine dimer. Redrawn with permission from Monnier VM, Arch Biochem Biophys. 2003;419:1-15.Back to article page