Food and Nutrition Sciences

Vol.3 No.11(2012), Paper ID 24701, 6 pages

DOI:10.4236/fns.2012.311210

 

Brazilian Maize Landraces Silks as Source of Lutein: An Important Carotenoid in the Prevention of Age-Related Macular Degeneration

 

Shirley Kuhnen, Paulo Fernando Dias, Juliana Bernardi Ogliari, Marcelo Maraschin

 

Biochemistry and Animal Morphophysiology Laboratory, Departament of Zootechny and Rural Development, CCA, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianopolis-SC, Brazil
Laboratory of Studies in Bioactivity and Animal Morphogenesis Departament of Cell Biology, Embriology and Genetics, CCB, Block-D, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianopolis-SC, Brazil
Studying Group in Agricultural Biodiversity, Departament of Phytotechny, CCA, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianopolis-SC, Brazil
Plant Morphogenesis and Biochemistry Laboratory, CCA, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianopolis-SC, Brazil.

 

Copyright © 2012 Shirley Kuhnen, Paulo Fernando Dias, Juliana Bernardi Ogliari, Marcelo Maraschin et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

 

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S. Kuhnen, P. Dias, J. Ogliari and M. Maraschin, "Brazilian Maize Landraces Silks as Source of Lutein: An Important Carotenoid in the Prevention of Age-Related Macular Degeneration," Food and Nutrition Sciences, Vol. 3 No. 11, 2012, pp. 1609-1614. doi: 10.4236/fns.2012.311210.

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