Intraocular pressure-lowering activity of topical application of Aegle marmelos fruit extract in experimental animal models

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 112-116

  Agarwal, Renu ^a   Gupta, Suresh Kumar ^a   Srivastava, Sushma ^a   Saxena, Rohit ^b   Agrawal, S S ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Aegle marmelos; Glaucoma; Intraocular pressure; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

AEGLE MARMELOS EXTRACT; STEROID; TIMOLOL;

AEGLE; AEGLE MARMELOS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GLAUCOMA; HIGH PERFORMANCE THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MEDICINAL PLANT; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; WATER LOADING;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; AEGLE; ANIMALS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FRUIT; GLAUCOMA; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; RABBITS; TIMOLOL; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 67649203090     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000226216     Document Type: Article

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