Macular Pigment Optical Density and Photophobia | February 2004
PURPOSE: Two carotenoids regularly consumed in the human diet, lutein (L) and zeaxanthin (Z), accumulate in the central retina. Retinal L and Z, collectively referred to as macular pigment (MP), may protect the retina from free radical insult and photostress by acting as antioxidants and a short–wavelength filter. The light filtering properties of MP may also attenuate photophobia (
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