Article
Distribution of individual macular pigment carotenoids in central retina of macaque and squirrel monkeys.
Investigative ophthalmology & visual science - 1 Feb 1991
Snodderly D M, Handelman G J, Adler A J
Abstract excerpt
The spatial distribution of lutein (L) and zeaxanthin (Z), the structural isomers composing the macular pigment, was studied in the retinas of macaque monkeys (Macaca fascicularis) and squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus). Spatial profiles of macular pigment optical density were obtained from retinal whole mounts. Then concentric annuli were microdissected from the fovea and adjacent regions of the same retinas....
Topics
- Animals
- Carotenoids
- Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
- Densitometry
- Lutein
- Macaca fascicularis
- Macula Lutea
- Male
- Phenotype
- Retina
- Retinal Pigments