title: Identification of lutein, a dietary antioxidant carotenoid in guinea pig tissues.
abstract: Lutein, a dietary carotenoid, is a well known antioxidant. The major source of this carotenoid in humans is diet. We report here the presence of lutein, a dietary carotenoid in several guinea pig tissues (in decreasing order: liver>spleen>lung>>testis>kidney>plasma>eye but not in white adipose tissue). The presence of lutein in lung and other tissues may be significant in term of its antioxidant capacity of these organs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cancer Biology, Meharry Medical College, 1005 David Todd Boulevard, Nashville, TN 37208, USA.
authors.forename: Michael W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Schäffer
authors.forename: Somdutta
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sinha Roy
authors.forename: Shyamali
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mukherjee
authors.forename: Salil K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Das
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000032:analysis*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods; D004032:Diet; D005502:Food; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D014975:Lutein / Q000032:analysis*; D014018:Tissue Distribution
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D014975:Lutein