Identification and quantitation of carotenoids and their metabolites in the tissues of the human eye

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 215-223

  Bernstein, Paul S ^a   Khachik, Frederick ^b   Carvalho, Lorena S ^b   Muir, Garth J ^a   Zhao, Da You ^a   Katz, Nikita B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Antioxidants; Carotenoid; Cataract; Lutein; Macular pigment; Metabolites; Oxidation products; Uvea; Zeaxanthin

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CHOROID; CILIARY BODY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRIS; LENS; METABOLITE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; SCLERA; UVEA; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 0034769744     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.2000.0954     Document Type: Article

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