Current progress in the permeability and its enhancement approches for TCM active ingredients across blood-eye barrier

Abstract

Blood-eye barrier(BEB)is one of the most important structures of organism to maintain homeostasis of the eye. However, it is the major constraint for the medication of intraocular diseases. Traditional Chinese medicines have distinctive advantages for the treatment of intraocular diseases, which can be used to regulate the physiological function of human body with low toxicity. In this article, we have briefly summarized the feature of BEB, with the domestic and foreign literatures combined, and mainly reviewed current progress in the field of study on the permeability of traditional Chinese medicines and effective components in BEB and promoting methods.

Keywords

• blood-eye barriers
• traditional Chinese medicine/effective components
• permeability
• promoting methods