Effect of Lycium Barbarum (Wolfberry) Polysaccharides on preserving retinal function after partial optic nerve transection

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Chu, Patrick H W ^a   Li, Hong Ying ^b   Chin, Man Pan ^a   So, Kwok Fai ^b   Chan, Henry H L ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYCIUM BARBARUM POLYSACCHARIDE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE; POLYSACCHARIDE; TETRODOTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BUFFER; HERBACEOUS AGENT; N METHYLASPARTIC ACID; PHOSPHATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTRORETINOGRAM; INNER RETINA; MULTIFOCAL ELECTRORETINOGRAM; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OUTER RETINA; PARTIAL OPTIC NERVE TRANSECTION; RAT; RETINA; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA GANGLION CELL; VISION; ANIMAL; CELL PROTECTION; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; OPTIC NERVE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SURGERY;

ANIMALS; BUFFERS; CYTOPROTECTION; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; N-METHYLASPARTATE; OPTIC NERVE; PHOSPHATES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINA; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 84892385121     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081339     Document Type: Article

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