Influence of Saffron Supplementation on Retinal Flicker Sensitivity in Early Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science2010Vol. 51(12), pp. 6118–6118
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Benedetto Falsini, Marco Piccardi, Angelo Maria Minnella, Maria Cristina Savastano, Ettore Capoluongo, Antonello Fadda, E. Balestrazzi, Rita Maccarone, Silvia Bisti
Abstract
The results indicate that short-term saffron supplementation improves retinal flicker sensitivity in early AMD. Although the results must be further replicated and the clinical significance is yet to be evaluated, they provide important clues that nutritional carotenoids may affect AMD in novel and unexpected ways, possibly beyond their antioxidant properties. (ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00951288.).
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