Comparative efficacy of pilocarpine, timolol and latanoprost in experimental models of glaucoma

Methods and Findings in Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 665-671

  Gupta, S K ^a   Agarwal, R ^a   Galpalli, N D ^a   Srivastava, S ^a   Agrawal, S S ^a   Saxena, R ^b  

^a DELHI INSTITUTE OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Intraocular pressure; Normotensive model; Steroid model; Water loaded model

Indexed keywords

LATANOPROST; PILOCARPINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STEROID; TIMOLOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; WATER LOADING;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; CHOLINERGIC AGONISTS; CONJUNCTIVAL DISEASES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; INSTILLATION, DRUG; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; PILOCARPINE; PREDNISOLONE; PROSTAGLANDINS F, SYNTHETIC; RABBITS; TIMOLOL; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 39149119578     PISSN: 03790355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1358/mf.2007.29.10.1147765     Document Type: Article

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