摘要 |
A prophylactic, ameliorating or therapeutic agent for retinal diseases, which comprises geranylgeranylacetone as mentioned in item (a), (b) or (c) below, can inhibit the cell death of retinal cells directly to thereby prevent, ameliorate or treat retinal diseases radically: (a) a mixture of 5E,9E,13E-geranylgeranylacetone with 5Z,9E,13E-geranylgeranylacetone, wherein 5E,9E,13E-geranylgeranylacetone is contained in the mixture in an amount of 80 wt% or more; (b) 5E,9E,13E-geranylgeranylacetone alone; and (c) 5Z,9E,13E-geranylgeranylacetone alone. |