Topical administration of a 1% forskolin suspension significantly reduced intraocular pressure in cynomolgus monkey eyes. The fall in intraocular pressure was associated with a significant (P less than 0.01) decrease in aqueous humor flow measured by a fluorophotometric technique. No significant change was found in tonographic outflow facility or pupillary diameter. A loss of effect on intraocu...

Although the lens has been shown to have the capacity to respond to insulin in vitro, little is known concerning the biochemical relationships of insulin to the lens in vivo. Therefore we have measured insulin in the aqueous humor of rabbits by a sensitive radioimmunoassay after paracentesis and feeding. The insulin concentration in aqueous humor was 3% of that in plasma. One hour after paracen...

FOR many years considerable attention has been focused on the problem of the origin and circulation ofthe aqueous humour under normal and pathological conditions. One of the methods applied to this study is the detection within the eye of dyes which enter the anterior chamber across the bloodaqueous baffler-a method first suggested by Ehrlich (1882) when he observed that fluorescein injected in...

Cochlopermum tinctorium A. Rich. (Cochlospermaceae) is a commonly used medicinal plant in the West Africa sub-region for the management of various conditions including pain and inflammatory conditions. In the present study, we report the analgesic and anti-inflammatory activities of the aqueous methanol leaf (20-80 mg/kg), root (7.5-30 mg/kg), and root bark (20-80 mg/kg) extracts of the plant. ...

Tribulus terrestris has significant antilithiatic efficacy established via both in vitro as well as in vivo studies and is used in numerous anti-urolithiatic herbal formulations viz. Cystone, Uriflow, Uritone and Neeri. However, to fully utilize its antilithiatic potential, the influence of different extraction parameters on antilithiatic ability of T. terrestris aqueous extract needs elucidati...

In this study the application of ZnO nanoparticles to UV photocatalytic degradation of nonionic surfactantTriton X-100 in aqueous media was investigated. The affecting factors on the photodegradation such as TritonX-100 initial concentration, nanocatalyst weight, pH, temperature and other parameters were studied anddescribed in details. The degradation rate was found to be strongly influenced b...