Article
Effect of ascorbic acid on intraocular pressure of normal and buphthalmic rabbits.
The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Fox R R, Lam K W, Coco J F
Abstract excerpt
Compared with serum the aqueous humor of the eye is high in ascorbic acid. The administation of ascorbic acid appears to have a transient hypotonic effect on intraocular pressure in normal eyes. Its effect on glaucomatous eyes is not as well defined particularly in the case of the rabbit. In this communication we shown the ocular hypotensive effal (+/+) or have hereditary glaucoma (bu/bu). We also show that the...
Topics
- Animals
- Ascorbic Acid
- Depression, Chemical
- Genes, Recessive
- Glaucoma
- Inbreeding
- Intraocular Pressure
- Male
- Phenotype
- Rabbits