A one year study of the macular pigment: The effect of 140 days of a lutein supplement

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 57-62

  Landrum, John T ^a   Bone, Richard A ^a   Joa, Hilda ^a   Kilburn, Mark D ^a   Moore, Linda L ^a   Sprague, Kathleen E ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Carotenoids; Light damage; Lutein; Macular pigment; Supplement

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; OLEIC ACID; RESIN; XANTHOPHYLL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRUCH MEMBRANE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT DAMAGE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0030752005     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1997.0309     Document Type: Article

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