Eye drops

Published studies of N-acetylcarnosine and carnosine eye drops, in people and animals, with the independent reviews of that work.

This page lists published studies. It reports what the authors did and found, with the limits of each study. It is not advice.

6 studies listed, newest first.

• N-acetylcarnosine lubricant eyedrops possess all-in-one universal antioxidant protective effects of L-carnosine in aqueous and lipid membrane environments, aldehyde scavenging, and transglycation activities inherent to cataracts: a clinical study of the new vision-saving drug N-acetylcarnosine eyedrop therapy in a database population of over 50,500 patients
  Babizhayev MA et al. · American Journal of Therapeutics · 2009
  Controlled trialHumansTopicalWith N-acetylcarnosine (carnosine prodrug) eyedrops
• Effects of L-carnosine in preventing and treating rat cataract induced by sodium selenite
  Liu YF et al. · Zhonghua Yan Ke Za Zhi (Chinese Journal of Ophthalmology) · 2009
  Laboratory studyOther animalsTopical
• Effect of carnosine, aminoguanidine, and aspirin drops on the prevention of cataracts in diabetic rats
  Yan H et al. · Molecular Vision · 2008
  Controlled trialOther animalsTopical
• Efficacy of N-Acetylcarnosine in the Treatment of Cataracts
  Babizhayev MA et al. · Drugs in R&D · 2002
  Randomised controlled trialHumansTopicalWith N-acetylcarnosine (carnosine prodrug) 1% eye drops
• N-Acetylcarnosine, a natural histidine-containing dipeptide, as a potent ophthalmic drug in treatment of human cataracts
  Babizhayev MA et al. · Peptides · 2001
  Controlled trialHumansTopicalWith N-acetylcarnosine (carnosine prodrug)
• N alpha-acetylcarnosine is a prodrug of L-carnosine in ophthalmic application as antioxidant
  Babizhayev MA et al. · Clinica Chimica Acta · 1996
  Laboratory studyOther animalsTopicalWith N-acetylcarnosine (carnosine prodrug)