Therapeutic effects of herbal medicines in different types of retinopathies: A systematic review.

IF 1.9 Q3 CHEMISTRY, MEDICINAL
Negin Ansari-Mohseni, Adel Ghorani-Azam, Seyed Ahmad Mohajeri
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Objective: Retinopathy is an ocular manifestation of systemic diseases such as diabetes and vascular diseases. Herbal drugs have been considered as an effective therapeutic option with minimal side effects for the treatment of retinopathy by reducing the symptoms and improving visual acuity. The purpose of this systematic review was to collect studies on the effectiveness of medicinal plants in the treatment or prevention of retinopathy.

Materials and methods: A systematic literature search was performed in PubMed, Scopus, Google Scholar, and other databases in April 2021 using "herbal products" and "Retinopathy" with all their equivalent and similar terms. For this purpose, human clinical trials with the English language were included and articles with subject irrelevancy were excluded from further evaluation.

Results: Overall, 30 articles with 2324 patients were studied for possible effects of herbal therapy on retinopathy. From 30 included articles, different herbal products had been evaluated. Out of 30 selected articles, 11 articles were for the treatment of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), 14 articles covered patients with diabetic retinopathy, and the other five studies were for other retinal disorders. The outcomes in majority of the studies include changes in visual acuity (VA), fundus performance, best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), central macular thickness (CMT), focal electroretinogram (fERG), supplements and adjuvant medications appeared to be more beneficial in patients with AMD and diabetic maculopathy.

Conclusion: Herbal therapy can be considered as a potential candidate in the adjuvant and complementary therapies of retinopathy. However, further studies are required to verify such efficiency.

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草药对不同类型视网膜病变的治疗作用:系统综述。
目的:视网膜病变是糖尿病和血管疾病等全身性疾病的眼部表现。草药被认为是一种有效的治疗选择,通过减轻症状和提高视力来治疗视网膜病变,副作用最小。本系统综述的目的是收集有关药用植物治疗或预防视网膜病变有效性的研究。材料和方法:2021年4月,在PubMed、Scopus、Google Scholar和其他数据库中使用“草药产品”和“视网膜病变”及其所有等效和类似术语进行了系统的文献搜索。为此,纳入了英语的人类临床试验,并将与受试者无关的文章排除在进一步评估之外。结果:总共研究了30篇文章,涉及2324名患者,探讨了草药治疗视网膜病变的可能效果。从纳入的30篇文章中,对不同的草药产品进行了评估。在30篇精选文章中,11篇文章是关于年龄相关性黄斑变性(AMD)的治疗,14篇文章涉及糖尿病视网膜病变患者,其他5项研究涉及其他视网膜疾病。大多数研究的结果包括视力(VA)、眼底表现、最佳矫正视力(BCVA)、中央黄斑厚度(CMT)、局灶性视网膜电图(fERG)的变化,补充剂和辅助药物似乎对AMD和糖尿病黄斑病变患者更有益。结论:中药治疗可作为视网膜病变的辅助和补充治疗的潜在候选药物。然而,还需要进一步的研究来验证这种效率。
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Avicenna Journal of Phytomedicine
Avicenna Journal of Phytomedicine CHEMISTRY, MEDICINAL-
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