Goji berries are good for your eyes（part.2）
The orange-red color of Gojiberry Carotenoid (which is why the Carotenoid dissolved in water to produce orange-red color after soaking in water) . The content of Gojiberry is 0.03% ~ 0.5% of the dried fruit. There are 11 kinds of free Carotenoid and 7 kinds of Carotenoid in Chinese Gojiberry.
Free Carotenoid include beta-carotene, beta-cryptoxanthin and zeaxanthin. The Carotenoid fatty acid esters were mainly zeaxanthin palmitic acid, zeaxanthin palmitic acid and β-cryptoxanthin palmitic acid. The major Carotenoid is zeaxanthin in esterified form, which accounts for one-third to one-half of the total Carotenoid. The contents of total carotene in dried and fresh Gojiberry L. were 168MG/100g and 173MG/100g, respectively.
Studies have found Carotenoid in all tissues of the eye. But the lutein and zeaxanthin levels are different in the fovea and surrounding areas of the retina, where the lutein levels are highest, and in the fovea, where the zeaxanthin levels are highest. Studies have shown that zeaxanthin and lutein are good for the eyes and can protect against age-related macular degeneration. The disease occurs in the central macular region of the retina, which is the most sensitive area for visual function.
