OCULOXIN®｜越橘之秘：探寻眼睛的“守护神”

这项研究“ Aronia melanocarpa、Lonicera caerulea和Vaccinium myrtillus提取物可改善老花眼患者的近视力”由波兰弗罗茨瓦夫医科大学的Dorota Szumny领导的研究团队撰写。

研究团队由药理学、眼科学以及水果、蔬菜和植物营养技术方面的专家组成，这个多元化的团队带来了来自不同领域的丰富专业知识，为全面分析天然提取物混合物OCULOXIN ®对老花眼患者眼部健康的影响做出了贡献。

这项随机、双盲、交叉研究调查了天然提取物混合物OCULOXIN ®在改善老花眼患者的近视力和其他眼部参数方面的效果。

该混合物以花青素和环烯醚萜为标准，在 23 位 50 岁以上的受试者中评估了其对近视力和远视力、对比度、眼压、结膜水合和整体视野的影响。

研究结果表明，虽然初步结果显示，在OCULOXIN ®给药的前六周内，视力没有变化，但在随后的治疗周期中，92.3% 的患者近视力显著改善。

这表明OCULOXIN ®有可能矫正老花眼患者的近视力。此外，OCULOXIN ®对结膜湿润有有益作用，经 Schirmer 试验评估，最初改善率为 80%，后几周略微下降至 61.5%。 

补充 6 周后，第一组 50.0% 的患者和第二组 92.3% 的患者近视力（近距离视力）得到改善。这可能表明该制剂具有矫正老花眼患者近视力的潜力。另一方面，第一组61.5% 的患者和第二组 80.0%的患者在 Schirmer 试验中结膜水分得到改善。

这些初步结果凸显了OCULOXIN ®作为增强眼部健康的有益补充剂的潜力，特别是在改善近视力和治疗老花眼患者的干眼症状方面。建议进行进一步研究以更全面地探索这些影响。

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