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SUBMITTER: Sawa M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7136219 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sawa Miki M Shunto Takuya T Nishiyama Issei I Yokoyama Ayako A Shigeta Ryujiro R Miura Satoko S Kawasaki Ryo R
Scientific reports 20200406 1
This prospective randomized double-masked study investigated the effects of 20 mg lutein supplementation with two different capsules (beeswax or glycerol fatty acid esters) for 6 months on the fellow eyes of 39 Japanese patients with unilateral age-related macular degeneration, and assessed the factors associated with baseline plasma lutein concentration via lifestyle interviews. Macular pigment optical density (MPOD), determined with the two-wavelength autofluorescence method, increased over ti ...[more]