Safranal, a saffron constituent, attenuates retinal degeneration in P23H rats

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Fernández Sánchez, Laura ^a   Lax, Pedro ^a   Esquiva, Gema ^a   Martín Nieto, José ^a   Pinilla, Isabel ^b   Cuenca, Nicolás ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO LOZANO BLESA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; SAFRANAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROTECTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROCUS SATIVUS; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; NIGHT VISION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPIC VISION; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; RAT; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CROCUS; CYCLOHEXENES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS; RATS; RETINA; RETINAL BIPOLAR CELLS; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RETINAL HORIZONTAL CELLS; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TERPENES;

EID: 84865033168     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043074     Document Type: Article

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