Macular pigment and its contribution to vision

Nutrients

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1962-1969

  Loskutova, Ekaterina ^a   Nolan, John ^a,b   Howard, Alan ^c   Beatty, Stephen ^a,b  

^a Ireland   (Ireland)

^b Institute of Vision Research   (Ireland)

^c DOWNING COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lutein; Macular pigment; Meso zeaxanthin; Visual performance; Zeaxanthin

Indexed keywords

BETA CAROTENE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; LYCOPENE; VISUAL PIGMENT; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BLUE LIGHT; COLOR VISION DEFECT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CRITICAL FLICKER FUSION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; GLARE; HUMAN; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84878463792     PISSN: 20726643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu5061962     Document Type: Article

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