Nutraceuticals for Diabetic Retinopathy: Recent Advances and Novel Delivery Systems
Xiaoyuan Ye,
Nicholas Siu Kay Fung,
Wai Ching Lam
et al.
Abstract:Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a major vision-threatening disease among the working-age population worldwide. Present therapeutic strategies such as intravitreal injection of anti-VEGF and laser photocoagulation mainly target proliferative DR. However, there is a need for early effective management in patients with early stage of DR before its progression into the more severe sight-threatening proliferative stage. Nutraceuticals, natural functional foods with few side effects, have been proposed to be beneficial… Show more
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