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Supplementation with all three macular carotenoids: response, stability and safety | October 2011
The macula houses a yellow pigment, attributable to the carotenoids meso-zeaxanthin (MZ), lutein (L), and zeaxanthin (Z). Indeed, this pigment lends its name to the macula lutea (Latin for yellow), and is more recently referred to as macular pigment (MP).1 Interestingly, of the over 700 carotenoids identified in nature, these three dietary carotenoids selectively accumulate at the macula,1-3 indicating an exquisite degree of biological selectivity in this retinal tissue.