Xanthophylls are preferentially taken up compared with β-carotene by retinal cells via a SRBI-dependent mechanism*
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- 1 August 2008
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Journal of Lipid Research
- Vol. 49 (8), 1715-1724
- https://doi.org/10.1194/jlr.m700580-jlr200
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