A double-blind, placebo-controlled study on the effects of lutein and zeaxanthin on photostress recovery, glare disability, and chromatic contrast

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 8583-8589

  Hammond, Billy R ^a   Fletcher, Laura M ^a   Roos, Franz ^b   Wittwer, Jonas ^b   Schalch, Wolfgang ^b  

^a University of Georgia   (United States)

^b DSM NUTRITIONAL PRODUCTS LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Disability glare; Lutein; Macular pigment; Zeaxanthin

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; VISUAL PIGMENT; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GLARE DISABILITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTICAL DENSITY; PHOTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VISION; VISUAL DISORDER; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLOOD; COLOR VISION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONVALESCENCE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECTS; GLARE; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ADAPTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, OCULAR; ADULT; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GLARE; HUMANS; LIGHT; LUTEIN; MACULA LUTEA; MALE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETINAL PIGMENTS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; VISION DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT; ZEAXANTHINS;

EID: 84925227437     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.14-15573     Document Type: Article

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