Photoprotective Carotenoids lutein and zeaxanthin: Their role in AMD

Current Nutrition and Food Science

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 127-134

  Afzal, A ^a   Afzal, M ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular; Leutin; Lipid peroxidation; Lipophilic; Low density lipoproteins; Macula; Zeaxanthin

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE REDUCTASE; ALPHA CAROTENE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASTAXANTHIN; BETA CAROTENE; BETA CRYPTOXANTHIN; CANTHAXANTHIN; CAROTENOID; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; LIPID; LYCOPENE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PYRIMETHAMINE; QUERCETIN; QUERCETIN DERIVATIVE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SULFORAPHANE; VISUAL PIGMENT; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN; ZINC;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CANCER INHIBITION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; EYE PROTECTION; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HUMAN; LIPID PEROXIDATION; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INVERTEBRATA; MUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 47749105378     PISSN: 15734013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157340108784245948     Document Type: Review

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