Structure and conformation of the carotenoids in human retinal macular pigment

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Arteni, Ana Andreea ^a   Fradot, Mathias ^b   Galzerano, Denise ^a   Mendes Pinto, Maria M ^a   Sahel, José Alain ^b   Picaud, Serge ^b   Robert, Bruno ^a   Pascal, Andrew A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE LA VISION   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; VISUAL PIGMENT; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ARTICLE; EX VIVO STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; RETINAL TISSUE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; METABOLISM;

HUMANS; LUTEIN; MACULAR PIGMENT; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; RETINAL PIGMENTS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; ZEAXANTHINS;

EID: 84943328905     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135779     Document Type: Article

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