FloraGlo Lutein

FloraGLO Lutein is a lutein product made by Kemin company. The Kemin group of companies is a privately-owned nutritional ingredient manufacturer headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa (USA).

FloraGlo lutein studies
Lutein interacts with ascorbic acid more frequently than with alpha-tocopherol to alter biomarkers of oxidative stress in female zucker obese rats.
J Nutr. 2003 Sep;133(9):2838-44. Blakely S, Herbert A, Collins M, Jenkins M, Mitchell G, Grundel E, O'Neill KR, Khachik F. Food and Drug Administration, College Park, MD 20740, USA.
The influence of dietary lutein, with and without moderate amounts of vitamin C or vitamin E, on biomarkers of oxidative stress was examined in rats. Nine groups of immature Zucker obese (fa/fa) and lean female rats (8/group) consumed ad libitum for 8 wk the AIN-93G diet (Control) to which was added either dl-alpha-tocopherol acetate at 0.60 mg/kg or ascorbic acid at 0.75 mg/kg diet. Each of these diets contained lutein oil (FloraGlo) at 0.5 or 1.0 mg/kg diet. These results suggest that lutein independently reduces the activity of SOD and alters more biomarkers of oxidative stress when combined with vitamin C than with vitamin E, and that vitamin E reduces liver lipid peroxidation in obese rats when the accumulation of liver alpha-tocopherol is very high.

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