This is the yellow pigment found only in the macula of the retina, which controls central visual acuity and color vision. Macular pigment also is a powerful antioxidant and helps protect the retina from damaging effects of high-energy visible light (blue light). In the study, 53 healthy subjects with low baseline concentrations of MP took a daily supplement containing 10 mg lutein, 10 mg meso-zeaxanthin and 2 mg zeaxanthin.
The Douc Langur lives in forests in the eastern part of Indochina, such as Cambodia, Vietnam, and Laos. They like to eat vegetation such as tree leaves and fruits. Their distinct colorful patterns have earned them their reputation for being the most colorful member of the monkey family.
18 photos: Exploring the universe at CERN. The Large Hadron Collider is located at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, near Geneva, Switzerland. This is CERN's Globe of Science and Innovation, which hosts a small museum about particle physics inside.The ATLAS experiment is housed underground nearby.8 photos: Exploring the universe at CERN. The Higgs boson, the elusive particle that scientists had hoped to find for decades, was detected by two general-purpose experiments at the Large Hadron Collider, as scientists announced in 2012. The Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment, pictured, is one of them.