Maccarone, Rita

Saffron supplement maintains morphology and function after exposure to damaging light in mammalian retina. [electronic resource] - Investigative ophthalmology & visual science Mar 2008 - 1254-61 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

0146-0404

10.1167/iovs.07-0438 doi


Animals
Apoptosis--drug effects
Blotting, Western
Crocus
Dark Adaptation
Electroretinography
Fibroblast Growth Factor 2--metabolism
Flowers
Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect
In Situ Nick-End Labeling
Light--adverse effects
Oxidative Stress
Photic Stimulation
Plant Extracts--administration & dosage
Radiation Injuries, Experimental--metabolism
Rats
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
Retina--physiology
Retinal Degeneration--metabolism
beta Carotene--administration & dosage