Density of the human crystalline lens is related to the macular pigment carotenoids, lutein and zeaxanthin

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 499-504

  Hammond, Billy R ^a   Wooten, Billy R ^b   Snodderly, D Max ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related cataracts; Carotenoids; Crystalline lens; Macular pigment; Psychophysics

Indexed keywords

DENSITY MEASUREMENT (OPTICAL); OPTICAL CORRELATION; VISION;

PSYCHOPHYSICS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS;

CAROTENOID; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CELL DENSITY; DIETARY INTAKE; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NULL CELL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BETA CAROTENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; LUTEIN; MACULA LUTEA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RETINAL PIGMENTS; XANTHOPHYLLS;

EID: 12644299593     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-199707000-00017     Document Type: Article

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