Method of treating retinitis pigmentosa

摘要

Provided is a method for improving day photopic vision and/or cone-derived visual field and visual function in a subject suffering from a retinal disease or trauma including administering to the subject a pharmaceutically effective amount of crude Dunaliella powder. Also provided is a method for improving night vision and/or rod derived visual field in a subject suffering from a retinal disease including administering to the subject a pharmaceutically effective amount of crude Dunaliella powder. A pharmaceutical composition for improving day vision and/or visual field in a subject suffering from a retinal disease including crude Dunaliella powder is also provided.

主权项

1. A method for improving night vision and/or rod derived visual field and visual function in a subject suffering from a retinal disease, comprising:
administering to a subject in need thereof a pharmaceutically effective amount of a capsule dosage form comprising crude Dunaliella powder that is filled in a capsule under normal atmosphere to produce the capsule dosage form, the crude Dunaliella powder comprising β-carotene at an approximately 1:1 ratio of 9-cis and all-trans β-carotene isomers, or a greater than 1:1 ratio of 9-cis and all-trans β-carotene isomers.