The role of lutein in eye-related disease

Nutrients

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1823-1839

  Koushan, Keyvan ^a   Rusovici, Raluca ^a   Li, Wenhua ^a   Ferguson, Lee R ^a   Chalam, Kakarla V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Cataract; Heterochromatic flicker; Lutein; Macular diseases; Macular pigment; Retinitis pigmentosa; Uveitis

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CELL HYPOXIA; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; EYE DISEASE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 84878173896     PISSN: 20726643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu5051823     Document Type: Review

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