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Effectiveness of topical caffeine in cataract prevention: Studies with galactose cataract

PURPOSE: The primary objective of the study was to investigate the possible inhibition of cataract formation by topical administration of caffeine using the galactosemic rat model. It was hypothesized that caffeine will do so by acting as scavenger of reactive oxygen species known to be generated un...

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Autores principales: Varma, Shambhu D., Kovtun, Svitlana, Hegde, Kavita
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Molecular Vision 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3002968/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21179241