Lutein and cataract: from bench to bedside

Critical Reviews in Biotechnology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 829-839

  Manayi, Azadeh ^a   Abdollahi, Mohammad ^b   Raman, Thiagarajan ^c   Nabavi, Seyed Fazel ^d   Habtemariam, Solomon ^e   Daglia, Maria ^f   Nabavi, Seyed Mohammad ^d  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SASTRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Age related eye diseases; antioxidant; carotenoid; lens; nutraceuticals; oxidative stress

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOCHEMISTRY; LENSES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; TISSUE;

BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; CAROTENOID; EYE DISEASE; EYE TISSUES; GENERAL INFORMATION; NUTRACEUTICALS; REACTIVE OXYGEN AND NITROGEN SPECIES; RISK FACTORS;

OPHTHALMOLOGY;

XANTHOPHYLL; ANTIOXIDANT;

ACUTE TOXICITY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BODY WEIGHT; CATARACT; CHRONIC TOXICITY; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG MECHANISM; FOOD INTAKE; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; REVIEW; URINALYSIS; ANIMAL; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHEMISTRY;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; CATARACT; HUMANS; LUTEIN;

EID: 84978758930     PISSN: 07388551     EISSN: 15497801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07388551.2015.1049510     Document Type: Review

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