PMID- 24822230
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20140513
LR  - 20211021
IS  - 2322-4436 (Print)
IS  - 2322-3219 (Electronic)
IS  - 2322-3219 (Linking)
VI  - 2
IP  - 4
DP  - 2013 Winter
TI  - The protective effect of phaseolus vulgaris on cataract in type 2 diabetes: a 
      profitable hypothesis.
PG  - 105-8
AB  - The pathophysiology of major ocular complications in type 2 diabetes mellitus 
      (T2DM) among Bantu is not well understood. Several studies have been conducted to 
      determine the basic reasons of visual deficiencies (VD) (blindness, visual 
      impairment, and ocular eye diseases) in T2DM among Bantu from Central Africa. The 
      quality of dietary intake was assessed in patients along with other 
      ophthalmological assessments for diabetic retinopathy, cataract, glaucoma, and 
      macular edema. Beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) and leafy vegetables are rich in 
      antioxidants. The consumption of at least 3 ladles per meal, 3 times or more per 
      week, has been identified as a potential protective factor against cataract. The 
      anti-radical activity of beans is well known in the literature. Beans are 
      considered to have a comparatively higher antioxidant activity than in many other 
      vegetables. Our findings from previous epidemiologic studies establish that the 
      antioxidant activity of P. vulgaris helps control blood glucose. We, therefore, 
      hypothesize that the dietary supplements of bean can be a low-cost prevention 
      approach to reduce cataract and much other visual comorbidity associated with 
      T2DM. However, further epidemiological studies combined with molecular research 
      need to be conducted to prove this hypothesis.
FAU - Longo-Mbenza, Benjamin
AU  - Longo-Mbenza B
AD  - Walter Sisulu University, Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa.
FAU - Muaka, Moisemvitu
AU  - Muaka M
AD  - University of Kinshasa, Faculty of Medicine Service of Ophthalmology, Kinshasa, 
      Democratic Republic of the Congo.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Med Hypothesis Discov Innov Ophthalmol
JT  - Medical hypothesis, discovery & innovation ophthalmology journal
JID - 101611331
PMC - PMC4017630
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Anti-radical Activity
OT  - Antioxidant
OT  - Cataract
OT  - Diabetes Mellitus
OT  - Phaseolus vulgaris
OT  - Visual deficiencies
EDAT- 2013/01/01 00:00
MHDA- 2013/01/01 00:01
PMCR- 2013/12/01
CRDT- 2014/05/14 06:00
PHST- 2014/05/14 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2013/01/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/01/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 2013/12/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - mehdiophth-2-105 [pii]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Med Hypothesis Discov Innov Ophthalmol. 2013 Winter;2(4):105-8.