Table 2.

Xanthophylls in AD and HE donor brains and healthy elderly brains

Disease Status	ZEA	LUT	ANLUT	XMiAD	α-CRYPT	β-CRYPT	TOT. XAN
AD
Grey	4.2±0.5	7.3±1.0	2.9±0.4	26.9±3.9	3.7±0.5	18.1±3.1	65.0±7.7
White	2.4±0.4	3.5±0.6	2.6±0.4	20.4±3.2	3.5±0.5	12.7±1.5	46.7±5.5
G versus W p=	0.009	0.0006	ns	ns	ns	ns	ns
AD versus HE p=	0.002	0.04	0.05	0.006	ns	ns	ns
HE
Grey	8.0±1.6	10.0±1.7	4.0±0.6	7.0±2.4	3.8±0.6	16.0±2.2	52.8±6.6
White	4.8±1.7	5.7±1.9	4.0±1.2	15.5±6.4	4.5±1.4	15.4±4.8	54.2±17.3

Xanthophyll concentrations (Mean +SE in pmol/gram) in grey and white matter of donor HE and AD brains. p-values result from ANOVA with Bonferroni-Dunn posthoc tests. ZEA, zeaxanthin; LUT, lutein; ANLUT, anhydrolutein; XMiAD, xanthophyll metabolite increased in AD; α-CRYPT, alpha-Cryptoxanthin; β-CRYPT, β-cryptoxanthin; TOT. XAN, total xanthophylls.