RT Journal Article
T1 Preclinical Development of Artificial Tears Based on an Extract of Artemia Salina Containing Dinucleotides in Rabbits
A1 Carpena Torres, Carlos
A1 Pintor, Jesús
A1 Huete Toral, Fernando
A1 Rodríguez Pomar, Candela
A1 Martínez Águila, Alejandro
A1 Carracedo Rodríguez, Juan Gonzalo
AB Purpose: To evaluate the preclinical efficacy of eye drops based on an extract of Artemia salina on the ocular surface of rabbits. Tear secretion, tear break-up time and corneal staining were measured.Material and methods: A preclinical and short-term prospective study was performed. Twenty New Zealand white rabbits were divided into five groups, with four rabbits per group, each receiving a different concentration of Artemia salina. In each rabbit, an extract of Artemia salina (2%, 4%, 6%, 8% or 10%) was randomly instilled in one eye and saline solution (negative control) in the other eye. Tear secretion, tear break-up time and corneal staining were measured before and after the instillation of five drops per eye (one drop per hour) on the same day.Results: In tear secretion, there was an increase of 43.88 ± 6.73% with 4% Artemia salina in comparison with its baseline measurement (P = .049). The rest of the groups did not show differences (P ≥ 0.05). For tear break-up time, none of the groups showed differences (P ≥ 0.05), while for corneal staining score, there was an improvement of 0.88 ± 0.83 with 4% Artemia salina (P = .038) and a deterioration of 0.50 ± 0.83 with control solution (P = .008).Conclusions: Short-term instillation of eye drops with 4% Artemia salina produced both stimulation of tear secretion and a slight improvement of physiological corneal staining. Besides, all the doses of up to 10% Artemia salina did not produce undesirable side effects on the ocular surface. Therefore, these eye drops are presented as a possible new treatment for dry eye due to their secretagogue properties and ocular surface regeneration.
PB Taylor & Francis
SN 0271-3683
YR 2020
FD 2020-07-07
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/6436
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/6436
LA eng
NO In memory of Jesus Pintor, who passed away on 2 April 2019.
DS Docta Complutense
RD 8 abr 2025