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Descriptor English: Macular Pigment
Descriptor Spanish: Pigmento Macular
Descriptor pigmento macular
Scope note: Pigmento amarillo que se acumula en la MACULA LUTEA. Está constituido por LUTEÍNA, mesozeaxantina y ZEAXANTINA.
Descriptor Portuguese: Pigmento Macular
Descriptor French: Pigment maculaire
Entry term(s): Pigment, Macular
Tree number(s): D23.767.261.887.625
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D065348
Scope note: A yellow pigment that accumulates in the MACULA LUTEA. It is composed of LUTEIN, meso-zeaxanthin, and ZEAXANTHIN.
Allowable Qualifiers: AD administration & dosage
AE adverse effects
AG agonists
AI antagonists & inhibitors
AN analysis
BI biosynthesis
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CH chemistry
CL classification
CS chemical synthesis
DF deficiency
EC economics
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PD pharmacology
PH physiology
PK pharmacokinetics
PO poisoning
RE radiation effects
SD supply & distribution
ST standards
TO toxicity
TU therapeutic use
UR urine
Previous Indexing: Retinal Pigments (1971-2014)
Public MeSH Note: 2015
History Note: 2015
DeCS ID: 55624
Unique ID: D065348
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Date Established: 2015/01/01
Date of Entry: 2014/06/26
Revision Date: 2014/06/06
Macular Pigment - Preferred
Concept UI M0589422
Scope note A yellow pigment that accumulates in the MACULA LUTEA. It is composed of LUTEIN, meso-zeaxanthin, and ZEAXANTHIN.
Preferred term Macular Pigment
Entry term(s) Pigment, Macular



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