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The Role of Lutein in Eye-Related Disease

The lens and retina of the human eye are exposed constantly to light and oxygen. In situ phototransduction and oxidative phosphorylation within photoreceptors produces a high level of phototoxic and oxidative related stress. Within the eye, the carotenoids lutein and zeaxanthin are present in high c...

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Autores principales: Koushan, Keyvan, Rusovici, Raluca, Li, Wenhua, Ferguson, Lee R., Chalam, Kakarla V.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3708350/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23698168
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu5051823