The protection of the retina from ischemic injury by the free radical scavenger EGb 761 and zinc in the cat retina

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 212, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 268-274

  Kim, Si Yeol ^a,b   Kwak, Jung Sik ^a   Shin, Jae Pil ^a   Lee, Sang Hee ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^b Kyungpook National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

EGb 761; Ischemia reperfusion injury; Retina; Zinc

Indexed keywords

GINKGO BILOBA EXTRACT; SCAVENGER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REPERFUSION INJURY; RETINA ISCHEMIA; SCAVENGING SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; CATS; CHLORIDES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FLAVONOIDS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; GINKGO BILOBA; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; PLANT EXTRACTS; REPERFUSION INJURY; RETINA; RETINAL DISEASES; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0031775622     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000027305     Document Type: Article

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