Lutein and zeaxanthin concentrations in rod outer segment membranes from perifoveal and peripheral human retina

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1200-1209

  Rapp, Laurence M ^a,b   Maple, Seema S ^a   Choi, Jung H ^a  

^a CULLEN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA ROD OUTER SEGMENT;

AGED; ANIMALS; BETA CAROTENE; CATTLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FATTY ACIDS; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; LUTEIN; MIDDLE AGED; OPSIN; RETINA; ROD OUTER SEGMENTS; XANTHOPHYLLS;

EID: 0034071816     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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