Pharmacology: According to the quinoid theory, senile cataract is a manifestation of the degeneration of lens protein induced by quinones which are formed owing to disorder of tryptophan metabolism. Since pirenoxine has a higher affinity for water-soluble lens protein than quinones, it competitively inhibits quinone binding and thereby prevents protein degeneration.
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