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Published in final edited form as: Mol Nutr Food Res. 2013 Mar 15;57(7):10.1002/mnfr.201200642. doi: 10.1002/mnfr.201200642

Table 1. Contents of retinal lutein and zeaxanthin in mice fed CD or WD for 8 weeks.

Values were expressed as ng/g fresh retinal tissues, different letters showing statistic significance (p < 0.05). CD, the control diet (10 kCal % fat); WD, the wolfberry diet (the control diet with 1 % (kCal) wolfberry); WT, wild type mice; db/db, db/db diabetic mice; Lute, lutein; Zeax, zeaxanthin; cis-Lute/Zeax, cis-lutein/zeaxanthin; nd, not detected (<0.1 ng/g fresh retinal tissues)

Animal with diet	Lute	Zeax	cis-Lute/Zeax	Total
WT with CD	20.3±4.1^a	4.9±0.7^a,b	6.4±1.0^a	31.6±4.9^a
WT with WD	20.9±2.8^a	6.8±1.1^a	7.1±0.5^a	34.8±5.3^a
db/db with CD	8.5±0.9^b	nd	nd	~8.5±0.9
db/db with WD	14.8±1.2^c	3.2±0.5^b	1.6±0.4^b	19.6±2.4^b