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Prenatal Carotenoid Supplementation with Lutein or Zeaxanthin Ameliorates Oxygen-Induced Retinopathy (OIR) in <i> Bco2 <sup>-/-</sup> </i> Macular Pigment Mice
2022-12-29
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<h4>Purpose</h4> Premature infants at risk of retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) miss placental transfer of carotenoids, lutein (L) and zeaxanthin (Z), during the third trimester. We previously demonstrated that prenatal L and Z supplementation raises carotenoid levels in infants at birth in the L utein and Z eaxanthin in P regnancy (L-ZIP) study ( NCT03750968 ). Based on their antioxidant effects and bioavaila...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 2eac9761-1c81-5df0-8d6b-4a21f6d150fc
- DOI
- 10.1101/2022.12.28.521962
