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Bosch-Morell, Francisco Villagrasa Sebastián, Victoria Ortega Hernández-Agero, María Teresa Acero De Mesa, Nuria Muñoz-Mingarro, María Dolores González Rosende, Eugenia Castillo García, Encarna Sanhauja Santafé, María Amparo Soriano Guarinos, Pilar Martínez-Solís, Isabel 2024-02-08T10:26:23Z 2024-02-08T10:26:23Z 2020 'Bosch-Morell F, Villagrasa V, Ortega T, Acero N, Muñoz-Mingarro D, González-Rosende ME, Castillo E, Sanahuja MA, Soriano P, Martínez-Solís I. Medicinal plants and natural products as neuroprotective agents in age-related macular degeneration. Neural Regen Res. 2020 Dec;15(12):2207-2216' 1673-5374 10.4103/1673-5374.284978 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/100298 1876-7958 https://doi.org/10.4103/1673-5374.284978 The retina may suffer neurodegenerative damages, as other tissues of the central nervous system do, and serious eye diseases may develop. One of them is age-related macular degeneration, which causes progressive loss of vision due to retina degeneration. Treatment of age-related macular degeneration focuses on antioxidant agents and anti-vascular endothelial growth factor compounds, among others, that prevent/diminish oxidative stress and reduce neovascularisation respectively. The phytochemicals, medicinal plants and/or plant-diet supplements might be a useful adjunct in prevention or treatment of age-related macular degeneration owing to their antioxidant and anti-vascular endothelial growth factor properties. This review article presents the most investigated plants and natural products in relation to age-related macular degeneration, such as saffron, ginkgo, bilberry and blueberry, curcuma or turmeric, carotenoids, polyphenols, and vitamins C and E. This study provides up-to-date information on the effects, treatments, safety and efficiency of these phytotherapy products. eng https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ open access Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Medicinal plants and natural products as neuroprotective agents in age-related macular degeneration journal article