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DSM Carotenoids Support Eye Health
September 13, 2004
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DSM Carotenoids Support Eye Health
PARSIPPANY, N.J.In a studysupported and sponsored by DSM Nutritional Products, researchers from theSchepens Eye Research Institute at Harvard Medical School found DSMszeaxanthin and lutein impacts eye health. As reported in InvestigativeOphthalmology & Visual Science, researchers usedmonkeys raised on a carotenoid-free diet that showed no carotenoids in plasma orthe retina; after supplementation with lutein and OPTISHARP zeaxanthin,plasma concentrations of lutein and zeaxanthin and macular pigment densityincreased quickly. In addition, distribution of retinal pigment epithelium (RPE)cells was partly normalized.
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