Hydrogen-rich saline ameliorates the retina against light-induced damage in rats
Tian L, Zhang L, Xia F, An J, Sugita Y, Zhang Z. · Medical gas research. 2013;3(1):19.
Study at a glance
Preclinical
rats, rat, tissue used to study eye health.
Full text reports H₂ dissolved in drinking water plus H₂ dissolved in saline. No numeric quantity is inferred beyond the source wording. · The full article describes the H₂ intervention but does not report a numeric H₂ concentration.
Multiple article-specific time points; see the linked full methods.
Article-reported result excerpt (24 words maximum): “The changes of electroretinograph components in SD rats that were administrated with HRS before light exposure (prevention group) and after light-induced damage for the…” This excerpt is not a complete result summary; consult the linked full text for all positive and null findings.
Preclinical evidence only; findings do not establish a treatment effect in people. No funding statement was identified in the machine-readable full article; absence is not inferred. The article declares no conflicts of interest.
What kind of evidence is this?
Preclinical
Controlled preclinical study
Eye health
H₂-rich water
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Methods
rats, rat, tissue used to study eye health.
Preclinical study; the article does not state one consolidated sample total, so no total is inferred.
Multiple article-specific time points; see the linked full methods.
Full text reports H₂ dissolved in drinking water plus H₂ dissolved in saline. No numeric quantity is inferred beyond the source wording.
H₂ dissolved in drinking water plus H₂ dissolved in saline — H₂ only unless the full text explicitly reports oxygen co-delivery.
The full article describes the H₂ intervention but does not report a numeric H₂ concentration.
Control or comparison condition reported in the full article; see the linked methods for arm-specific details.
Outcomes and reported result
clinical symptoms or functional scores, oxidative-stress and antioxidant markers, apoptosis or cell injury, histology or tissue damage
Article-reported result excerpt (24 words maximum): “The changes of electroretinograph components in SD rats that were administrated with HRS before light exposure (prevention group) and after light-induced damage for the…” This excerpt is not a complete result summary; consult the linked full text for all positive and null findings.
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Limitations and applicability
Preclinical evidence only; findings do not establish a treatment effect in people. No funding statement was identified in the machine-readable full article; absence is not inferred. The article declares no conflicts of interest.
Applies to the reported animal, cell or tissue model, not directly to patients.
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Sources and record status
PMID: 24004679 · DOI: 10.1186/2045-9912-3-19
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Official PubMed/PMC full article; source identity, intervention data and declarations re-audited 25 August 2026.
25 August 2026
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