The Importance of Nutrition in the Prevention of Ocular Disease with Special Reference to Cataract

Agte, Vaishali; Tarwadi, Kirtan

doi:10.1159/000316477

Cited by 41 publications

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“…61 The consumption of food-based antioxidants like BC seems to be useful for the prevention of macular degeneration and cataracts. 62 It is also available in synthetic forms and is commercially processed from substances such as palm oil and algae. BC has potential antioxidant biological properties due to its chemical structure and interaction with biological membranes.…”

Section: -Carotenementioning

confidence: 99%

Antioxidants: An Overview on the Natural and Synthetic Types

Atta¹,

Mohamed²,

Abdelgawad³

2017

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Section: -Carotenementioning

confidence: 99%

Antioxidants: An Overview on the Natural and Synthetic Types

Atta¹,

Mohamed²,

Abdelgawad³

2017

ECB

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“…This, in turn, triggers the release of insulin, whose adequate secretion by the pancreas and efficient uptake in muscle, liver, and fat tissue counters the dangerous buildup of glucose in the blood and, in the long run, the onset of type-2 diabetes 14 . Antioxidants like BC seem to be useful for the prevention of macular degeneration and cataracts 15 . BC has potential antioxidant biological properties due to its chemical structure and interaction with biological membranes.…”

Section: β-Carotenementioning

confidence: 99%

The Antidiabetic and Antioxidant Effects of Carotenoids: A Review

Sayahi

Shirali

2017

Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research and Health Care

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Carotenoids are a big group of phytochemicals that have a wide variety of protective and medical properties. They are widespread in plants and photosynthetic bacteria and have many medical functions. Here in this article, we studied antidiabetic and antioxidant effects of four kinds of carotenoids (lutein, lycopene, beta-carotene and astaxanthin) besides briefly defining them and also mentioned some of their plant sources. So, we can say, the aim of this study was to show some of the ways they can lower blood glucose and prevent the oxidant damages. Many articles, including originals and reviews were scanned in this way, but only a few had a suitable data. All of our references were articles has been collected electronically from valid journals and databases including PubMed, Science Direct, Elsevier, Springer and Google scholar. Beta-carotene is the most widely carotenoid in food prevent cancer and triggers the release of insulin and like lutein its antioxidant is useful for the prevention of macular degeneration. Lutein has also anticancer effects and reduces the ROS levels in the retina with diabetes. Lycopene helps to protect diabetes patients with cardiovascular disease. Astaxanthin has significant hypoglycemic effects. Both of lycopene and astaxanthin have powerful antioxidant activity. We suggest that each of these phytochemicals produces a kind of protect against diabetes and oxidative damages and also have other medical functions like anticancer, anti-inflammatory but further and deeper investigations are required in this field.

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“…This has been supported by the protective effect of physiologic antioxidants, like phenolic compounds, carotenoids and vitamins 8 . Recognition of the roles played by natural antioxidants in delaying the onset of cataracts has opened new avenues for the treatment of cataracts 9,10 .…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%