Biological Activity Anticataract

List of activity chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)

Chemical Name Sort descending	Dosage	Reference
ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ANTHOCYANOSIDE	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ASCORBIC-ACID	350 mg/day	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
ASCORBIC-ACID	400 mg/day	Challem, J., Berkson, Burt, and Smith, Melissa Dianne. 2000. Syndrome X - The complete nutritional program to prevent and reservse insulin resistance. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 272 pp. $24.95
ASCORBIC-ACID	1 g 3x/day	Duke, 1992 *
BRAZILIN	ED50=100 uM	Duke, 1992 *
CHYMOTRYPSIN	not available	Martindale's 29th
CURCUMIN	75 mg/kg orl rat	Duke, 1992 *
CYSTEINE	not available	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
ELLAGIC-ACID	not available	Shimizu, M., Horie, S., Terashima, S., Ueno, H., et al. 1989. Studies on Aldose Reductase Inhibitors from Natural Products.II. Active Components of a Paraguayan Crude Drug 'Para-parai mi,' Phyllanthus niruri. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 37(9): 2531-2532, 1989.
GLYCEROL	not available	Martindale's 29th
GLYCYRRHIZIN	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GOSSYPETIN-8-GLUCOSIDE	not available	Duke, 1992 *
GOSSYPIN	not available	Duke, 1992 *
HAEMATOXYLIN	ED50=100 uM	Duke, 1992 *
HISPIDULOSIDE	not available	Tomas-Barberan, F.A., Lopez-Gomez, C., Villar, A., and Tomas-Lorente, F. 1986. Inhibition of Lens Aldose Reductase by Labiatae Flavonoids. Planta Medica 1986: 239.
L-CYSTEINE	400 mg/man/day	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
LUTEOLIN	EC=3 ppm	Shin*, K.H., Chung, M.S., Chae, Y.J., Yoon, K.Y., Cho, T.S. 1992. A survey for aldose reductase inhibition of herbal medicines. Fitoterapia 64(2): 130, 1993.
METHIONINE	not available	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
NEPETIN	not available	Duke, 1992 *