Optic neuritis and vitamin C

Journal of Japanese Ophthalmological Society

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 381-387

  Ichibe, Yoshiaki ^a   Ishikawa, Satoshi ^a,b  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Free radicals; Optic neuritis; Vitamin C; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CORTICOSTERONE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; FREE RADICAL; PYRIDOXINE; RETINOL; RIBOFLAVIN; ZINC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASCORBIC ACID; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NEURITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0029938067     PISSN: 00290203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Rose RC: Ascorbic acid metabolism in protection against free radicals: A radiation model. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 169: 430-436, 1990.
2. Boyd TAS, Campbell FW: Influence of ascorbic acid on the healing of corneal ulcers in man. Br Med J 2: 1145-1148, 1950.
3. Pfister RR, Paterson CA: Ascorbic acid in the treatment of alkali burns of the eye. Ophthalmology 87: 1050-1057, 1980.
4. Roberson JM, Donner AP, Trevithick JR: A possible role for vitamins C and E in cataract prevention. Am J Clin Nutr 53: 346s-351s, 1991.
5. Lane BC: Elevation of intraocular pressure with daily sustained close work stimulus to accommodation of lowered tissue chromium and dietary deficiency of ascorbic acid (Vitamin C). Doc Ophthal Proc Series 28: 149-155. 1981.
6. McIntosh EN: Eye sensitivity and vitamin C. Am J Public Health 72: 1412-1413, 1982.
7. Tso MOM, Woodford BJ, Lam K: Distribution of ascorbate in normal primate retina and after photopic injury: A biochemical, morphological correlated study. Curr Eye Res 3: 181-191, 1984.
8. Organisciak DT, Jiang Y, Wang H, Bicknell I: The protective effect of ascorbic acid in retinal light damage of rats exposed to intermittent light. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sei 31: 1195-1202, 1990.
9. Farber ME, Farber AS: Macular degeneration. Postgraduate Med 88: 181-183, 1990.
10. Karcioglu ZA: Zinc in the eye. Surv Ophthalmol 27: 114-122, 1982.
11. Newsome DA, Swartz M, Leone NC, Elston RC, Miller E: Oral zinc in macular degeneration. Arch Ophthalmol 106: 192-198, 1988.
12. Pauling L: Vitamin C, the Common Cold and the Flu. WH Freeman, San Francisco, 1976.
13. Virno M, Bucci MG, Pecori-Giraldi J: Oral treatment of glaucoma with Vitamin C. Eye Ear Nose Thr Monthly 46: 1502-1508, 1967.
14. Klenner FR: Observations on the dose and administration of ascorbic acid when employed beyond the range of a vitamin in human pathology. J Applied Nutrition 23: 61-88, 1971.
15. Herjanic M, Moss-Herjanic BL: Ascorbic acid test in psychiatric patients. J Schizophrenia 1: 257 -260, 1967.
16. Ali M: Redox dysregulation, disease and ascorbic acid. The Environmental Physician Winter: 6 -9, 1991.
17. Beck RW, Cleary PA, Andersen MM, Keltner JL, Shults WT, Kaufman DI, et al: A randomized, controlled trial of corticosteroids in the treatment of acute optic neuritis. N Eng! J Med 326: 581-588, 1992.