Eye nutrient products for age-related macular degeneration: What do they contain?

Eye

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 470-473

  Arora, S ^a   Musadiq, M ^a   Mukherji, S ^a   Yang, Y C ^a  

^a Wolverhampton/Midlands Counties Eye   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Antioxidant; Eye nutrient; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ACUGUARD; AGENTS ACTING ON THE EYE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CENTRUM SILVER; CLINICAL NUTRIENT EYE; COPPER; EYE CARE FORMULA; EYE SUPPORT; EYE VITES; EYEBRIGHT; EYEBRIGHT COMPLEX; GLUTATHIONE; ICAPS; MACUVITE; MAXIVISION; MULTIVITAMIN; OCUPOWER; OCUVITE; OPTIMEYES; PURE FOCUS; RETINOL; SELENIUM; TAURINE; VISI VITE; VISIOMAX; VISIONACE; VITAMIN B COMPLEX; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN; ZINC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MARKETING; INTERNET; NUTRIENT; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; TABLET FORMULATION;

EID: 2942661475     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6700700     Document Type: Article

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