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Macular Pigment

Known as: Macular Pigment [Chemical/Ingredient], Pigment, Macular 
A yellow pigment that accumulates in the MACULA LUTEA. It is composed of LUTEIN, meso-zeaxanthin, and ZEAXANTHIN.
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2017
2017
Macular Pigment Optical Density in an Aging Irish Population: the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing
Purpose: The 3 carotenoids lutein, zeaxanthin, and meso zeaxanthin, which account for the ‘yellow spot’ at the macula and which… 
2012
2012
Macular pigment parameters in patients with macular telangiectasia (MacTel) and normal subjects: implications of a novel analysis.
PURPOSE To evaluate the spatial distribution and total amount of macular pigment (MP) in patients with idiopathic macular… 
2012
2012
Profiles of macular pigment optical density and their changes following supplemental lutein and zeaxanthin: new results from the LUNA study.
PURPOSE Based on latest analyses disclosing an inverse association between ring-like structures in macular pigment (MP) spatial… 
2012
2012
Serum response to supplemental macular carotenoids in subjects with and without age-related macular degeneration
Macular pigment (MP) is composed of lutein (L), zeaxanthin (Z) and meso-zeaxanthin (MZ). The present study reports on serum… 
2010
2010
The Macular Assessment Profile test – a new VDU‐based technique for measuring the spatial distribution of the macular pigment, lens density and rapid flicker sensitivity
The measurement of macular pigment optical density (MPOD) in the eye is often carried out using optical techniques based on… 
Review
2008
Review
2008
Macular pigment and age-related macular degeneration: longitudinal data and better techniques of measurement are needed.
The past decade has witnessed an upsurge in interest in the carotenoid pigments of the macula. These pigments, collectively known… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Resonance Raman imaging of macular pigment distributions in the human retina.
We describe resonance Raman imaging (RRI) of macular pigment (MP) distributions in the living human eye. MP consists of the… 
2007
2007
Influence of macular pigment and melanin on incident early AMD in a white population
BackgroundThe protective effect of macular pigment (MP) and melanin against age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is still… 
2005
2005
Compensation for light loss due to filtering by macular pigment: relation to hue cancellation
Background:  A long‐standing question in colour vision research is how the visual system is able to correct for the significant… 
2001
2001
Macular pigment optical density before and after cataract extraction.
PURPOSE Psychophysical methods of measuring macular pigment (MP) use comparisons of short- and midwave light in the fovea and… 
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