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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Nutr Res. 2018 Oct 28;61:102–108. doi: 10.1016/j.nutres.2018.10.007

Table 2.

Lutein isotopomer profiles in the multiple tissues of a monkey dosed with 13C-lutein1

Organ Total lutein [pmol/g] Lutein Monoisotopic Peak Intensities Ratios
 13C-lutein [pmol/g]
13C40/12C40 13C3912C / 1240 13C38 12C2 /12C40 13C / 12C40
Plasma 2762 7.07% 3.23% 0.96% 11.3% 27.92
Liver 2677 6.56% 3.12% 0.92% 10.6% 257
Heart 148 4.24% 2.06% 0.61% 6.91% 9.43
Kidney 160 4.18% 1.84% 0.53% 6.54% 9.79
Adrenal gland 3403 2.13% 1.04% 0.29% 3.46% 114
Quadriceps 70.4 1.09% 0.36% nd3 1.45% 0.74
Adipose BAT 250 0.58% 0.15% 0.04% 0.76% 1.94
MAT 191 0.17% nd nd 0.17% 0.32
ASAT 222 0.26% 0.06% nd 0.32% 0.74
TSAT 110 0.10% nd nd 0.10% 0.11
Brain Temporal cortex 88.2 1.77% 0.64% nd 2.41% 2.08
Occipital cortex 115 1.34% 0.71% 0.14% 2.20% 2.47
Parietal cortex 71.3 1.29% 0.56% nd 1.85% 1.58
Medulla 28.9 1.00% nd nd 1.00% 0.29
Pons 33.6 0.88% nd nd 0.88% 0.29
SWM 48.3 0.64% nd nd 0.64% 0.33
Eye Macular retina 5897 nd nd nd nd nd
Peripheral retina 9771 nd nd nd nd nd
1

Data represent values from 1–4 replicates of tissue samples.

2

pmol/mL

3

nd = 13C-lutein not detected.

BAT, brown adipose tissue; MAT, mesenteric adipose tissue; ASAT, abdominal subcutaneous adipose tissue; TSAT, thigh subcutaneous adipose tissue; SWM, subcortical white matter.