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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Prog Retin Eye Res. 2015 Nov 2;50:34–66. doi: 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2015.10.003

Figure 5.

Figure 5

Protective roles of lutein and zeaxanthin, as an absorber of harmful light and as an antioxidant reacting with reactive oxygen species (ROS). *O2, singlet oxygen; LOO-, lipid peroxyl radicals ;LOOH, lipid peroxides.