Absorption and tissue distribution of zeaxanthin and lutein in rhesus monkeys after taking Fructus lycii (gou qi zi) extract

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 466-471

  Leung, I Y F ^a   Tso, M O M ^a   Li, W W Y ^a   Lam, T T ^a  

^a SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; PLANT EXTRACT; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ABSORPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRUCTUS LYCII; FRUIT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIVER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RHESUS MONKEY; SPLEEN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BETA CAROTENE; BRAIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; LIVER; LUTEIN; MACACA MULATTA; RETINA; SPLEEN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; XANTHOPHYLLS;

EID: 0035142573     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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