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MeSH Heading: Macular Pigment
Tree Number(s): D23.767.261.887.625
Unique ID: D065348
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D065348
Scope Note: A yellow pigment that accumulates in the MACULA LUTEA. It is composed of LUTEIN, meso-zeaxanthin, and ZEAXANTHIN.
Registry Numbers: 0
Previous Indexing: Retinal Pigments (1971-2014)
Public MeSH Note: 2015
History Note: 2015
Date Introduced: 2015/01/01
Last Updated: 2015/01/01

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

biosynthesis (BI)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

deficiency (DF)

economics (EC)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

physiology (PH)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

urine (UR)

Macular Pigment MeSH Descriptor Data 2026