Method for treatment of cataract with radical scavenger

摘要

The invention provides a method for treatment of cataract which comprises administering to a subject in need of such treatment, a radical scavenger in an amount effective in treatment of cataract selected from the group consisting of a reducing thiol derivative, or a disulfide derivative and a sulfide derivative thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition for treatment of cataract which comprises an anti-cataract agent containing a radical scavenger and fine particles, such as emulsions, nanocapsules, alubmin microspheres and liposomes, which carries an anti-cataract agent and has a lipophilic and positively charged phase on the surface thereof.