ReviewFrontiers in pharmacology2019
Medicinal Plants and Natural Products Used in Cataract Management.
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- Lebanese Medicinal Plants with Ophthalmic Properties.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
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- Real-world pharmacovigilance analysis of drug-related cataracts using the FDA adverse event reporting system database.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Article
- Oxidative Stress in Cataract Formation: Is There a Treatment Approach on the Horizon?Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Anti-Cataract Effect of the Traditional Aqueous Extract of Yerba Mate (Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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- The impact of vitamin E, vitamin B6, and niacin intake on cataract incidence based on NHANES 2005-2008 data.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- Antioxidant System and Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress in Cataracts.Cellular and molecular neurobiology · 2023Review
- Medicinal Plants Used for Eye Conditions in Mexico-A Review.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
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- Antioxidant Nutraceutical Strategies in the Prevention of Oxidative Stress Related Eye Diseases.Nutrients · 2023Review
- The use of medicinal plants in common ophthalmic disorders: A systematic review with meta-analysis.Heliyon · 2023Article
- The Aqueous Stem Bark Extract ofScientifica · 2023Article
- Oxidative stress, free radicals and antioxidants: potential crosstalk in the pathophysiology of human diseases.Frontiers in chemistry · 2023Review
- Anticataract Effect of the Aqueous Extract of the Flowers ofAdvances in pharmacological and pharmaceutical sciences · 2023Article
- Natural Antioxidant Activities of Plants in Preventing Cataractogenesis.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
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12 authors at 7 institutions in 7 countries.
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Abstract
Cataract is the leading reason of blindness worldwide and is defined by the presence of any lens opacities or loss of transparency. The most common symptoms of cataract are impaired vision, decreased contrast sensitivity, color disturbance, and glare. Oxidative stress is among the main mechanisms involved in the development of age-related cataract. Surgery through phacoemulsification and intraocular lens implantation is the most effective method for cataract treatment, however, there are chances of serious complications and irreversible loss of vision associated with the surgery. Natural compounds consisting of antioxidant or anti-inflammatory secondary metabolites can serve as potential leads for anticataract agents. In this review, we tried to document medicinal plants and plant-based natural products used for cataract treatment worldwide, which are gathered from available ethnopharmacological/ethnobotanical data. We have extensively explored a number of recognized databases like Scifinder, PubMed, Science Direct, Google Scholar, and Scopus by using keywords and phrases such as "cataract", "blindness", "traditional medicine", "ethnopharmacology", "ethnobotany", "herbs", "medicinal plants", or other relevant terms, and summarized the plants/phytoconstituents that are evaluated in different models of cataract and also tabulated 44 plants that are traditionally used in cataract in various folklore medical practices. Moreover, we also categorized the plants according to scientific studies carried out in different cataract models with their mechanisms of action.
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