单词 | lutein |
释义 | lu·te·in (ltē-ĭn, -tēn′) n. 1. A yellow-orange xanthophyll carotenoid, C40H56O2, that occurs naturally in green plants and in the fat of plant-eating animals, egg yolk, the corpus luteum, and the retina, and that may help to prevent macular degeneration. 2. A dried preparation of corpus luteum. [Latin lūteum, yellow, egg yolk (from neuter of lūteus, yellow, from lūtum, yellowweed) + -IN.] |
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