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Anticataractogenic effect of hesperidin in galactose-induced cataractogenesis in Wistar rats
Ramar Manikandan, Munuswamy Arumugam, Department of Zoology, University of Madras, Chennai 600025, Tamil Nadu, India
Author contributions: Both authors contributed to this manuscript.
Supported by University of Madras under UGC-UPE-II and DBT-BUILDER program (BT/ Prl2047/INF/22/199/2014) and Dr. R. Manikandan, acknowledge University of Madras for the starter grant under DST-PURSE-II program.
Institutional review board statement: All experiments were approved by the Institutional Animal Ethical Committee guidelines (IAEC No. 02/016/2011/Sep-12).
Clinical trial registration statement: No clinical trials were performed using human participants.
Informed consent statement: No study was performed involving humans.
Conflict-of-interest statement: No conflict of interest.
Data sharing statement: Yes.
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Correspondence to: Dr. Ramar Manikandan, Assistant Professor, Department of Zoology, University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai 600025, Tamil Nadu, India. manikandanramar@yahoo.co.in
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Received: September 25, 2014
Peer-review started: September 28, 2014
First decision: December 19, 2014
Revised: November 4, 2015
Accepted: November 23, 2015
Article in press: November 25, 2015
Published online: February 12, 2016
Peer-review started: September 28, 2014
First decision: December 19, 2014
Revised: November 4, 2015
Accepted: November 23, 2015
Article in press: November 25, 2015
Published online: February 12, 2016
Core Tip
Core tip: Hesperidin acts as an anticataractogenic agent in preventing development of cataract upon galactose induction in rats. At all the doses tested, hesperidin was able to prevent deleterious changes caused by galactose in eye lens.