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Macular Pigment
MeSH Descriptor Data 2024
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MeSH Heading
Macular Pigment
Tree Number(s)
D23.767.261.887.625
Unique ID
D065348
RDF Unique Identifier
http://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
.
Previous Indexing
Retinal Pigments (1971-2014)
Public MeSH Note
2015
History Note
2015
Date Established
2015/01/01
Date of Entry
2014/06/26
Revision Date
2014/06/06
Allowable Qualifiers
administration & dosage (AD)
adverse effects (AE)
agonists (AG)
analysis (AN)
antagonists & inhibitors (AI)
biosynthesis (BI)
blood (BL)
cerebrospinal fluid (CF)
chemical synthesis (CS)
chemistry (CH)
classification (CL)
deficiency (DF)
economics (EC)
genetics (GE)
history (HI)
immunology (IM)
isolation & purification (IP)
metabolism (ME)
pharmacokinetics (PK)
pharmacology (PD)
physiology (PH)
poisoning (PO)
radiation effects (RE)
standards (ST)
supply & distribution (SD)
therapeutic use (TU)
toxicity (TO)
urine (UR)
Biological Factors [D23]
Pigments, Biological [D23.767]
Carotenoids [D23.767.261]
Xanthophylls [D23.767.261.887]
Canthaxanthin [D23.767.261.887.249]
Cryptoxanthins [D23.767.261.887.374]
Lutein [D23.767.261.887.500]
Macular Pigment [D23.767.261.887.625]
Zeaxanthins [D23.767.261.887.750]
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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
.
Terms
Macular Pigment
Preferred Term
Term UI
T851707
Date
12/04/2013
LexicalTag
NON
ThesaurusID
NLM (2015)
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