Abstract: 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.
Abstract: 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.
Abstract: A pigment-containing base composition comprising at least one organic pigment irradiated with low-temperature plasma and at least one polar resin or solvent, which has good dispersibility.
Abstract: A plant growth regulating composition which comprises as an active ingredient at least one diterpene glucoside of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is a hydrogen atom or any other cation and R.sup.2 is .beta.-glucopyranosyl-(1-2)-.beta.-glucopyranosyl or 2,3-di-O-(.beta.-glucopyranosyl-.beta.-glucopyranosyl, or R.sup.1 is .beta.-glucopyranosyl and R.sup.2 is .alpha.-rhamnopyranosyl-(1-2)-.beta.-glucopyranosyl, .beta.-glucopyranosyl-(1-2)-.beta.-glucopyranosyl, 2,3-di-O-(.beta.-glucopyranosyl)-.beta.-glucopyranosyl or (3-O-.beta.-glucopyranosyl)-(2-O-.alpha.-rhamnosyl-.beta.-glcopyranosyl).