Serum and macular response to carotenoid-enriched egg supplementation in human subjects: the Egg Xanthophyll Intervention clinical Trial (EXIT) - Kelly, David; Nolan, John M.; Howard, Alan N.; Stack, Jim; Akuffo, Kwadwo O.; Moran, Rachel; Thurnham, David I.; Dennison, Jessica; Meagher, Katherine A.; Beatty, Stephen (British journal of nutrition, 2017)
Keywords: Adult; Bioavailability; blood serum; Carotenoids; Cholesterol; Clinical trials; Diet; Eggs; Eggs - analysis; Female; Food Analysis; Human and Clinical Nutrition; Humans; lutein; Macula Lutea - drug effects; Macular degeneration; Male; Middle Aged; Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; Pigments; tissues; Vision, Ocular - drug effects; Xanthophylls - administration & dosage; Xanthophylls - chemistry; Xanthophylls - pharmacology; zeaxanthin; Zeaxanthin; Lutein; Macular pigment; Meso-zeaxanthin; Serum carotenoids; Carotenoid-enriched eggs; Cholesterol; L lutein; EXIT Egg Xanthophyll Intervention clinical Trial; TZ total zeaxanthin; CisZ cis-zeaxanthin; cpd cycles per degree; MP macular pigment; MZ meso-zeaxanthin; CS contrast sensitivity; WIT Waterford Institute of Technology; BCVA best-corrected visual acuity; Z zeaxanthin