...Rijo Hayashi; Shimmin Hayashi; Shigeki Machida Introduction: Cataract surgery has been reported as a long-term risk of reduced macular pigment optical density (MPOD). This study investigated changes in MPOD in pseudophakic patients after lutein supplementation. Methods: Fifty-seven patients who had...

... consumption of lutein reduces the risk of eye diseases such as age-related macular degeneration. Objective: This study analyzes the influence of a supplementation containing lutein and antioxidant vitamins either with or without docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), with the main objective of identifying MPOD changes...

...Raimondo Forte; Lucia Panzella; Ida Cesarano; Gilda Cennamo; Thomas Eidenberger; Alessandra Napolitano Purpose: The hypothesis that oral supplementation of the epilutein/lutein combination could augment the macular pigment optical density (MPOD) in patients with age-related macular degeneration...

...Natàlia Vilà; Jacqueline Coblentz; Carlos Moreira-Neto; Vasco Bravo-Filho; Pablo Zoroquiain; Miguel N. Burnier Jr. Purpose: To determine whether pretreatment of retinal pigmented epithelial (RPE) cells with lutein can affect the response of cells to bevacizumab therapy. Methods: One human RPE cell...

... categories, i.e., protective (P), risky (R), lutein-rich (L) and neutral (N). Smoking habit and alcohol intake were also examined. Macular pigment was measured by Raman spectroscopy. Results: P food intake reduced the risk of large drusen (ARM2; OR 0.93; 95% CI 0.89-0.96) within the rural community...

...Xin Wang; Caihui Jiang; Ying Zhang; Yan Gong; Xiaofei Chen; Maonian Zhang Objective: The conduct of this meta-analysis aimed at examining the individual role of lutein as a dietary supplement in improving conditions of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) from the data generated from randomized...