| 1. | Macular pigment guards against the damage by acting as natural sunglasses , landrum said
兰卓姆说，黄斑色素就像天然的太阳镜，保护视力。 |
| 2. | It is thought that the more macular pigment in the eye , the more protected the macula is against deterioration
专家认为眼睛所含斑色素越多，就越能阻止斑的退化。 |
| 3. | Researchers determined that people with age - related macular degeneration were likely to have lower macular pigment levels
研究人员指出，中老年视斑性退化患者的黄斑色素含量较正常人低。 |
| 4. | In humans , those substances combine to form macular pigment , which protects the small part of the retina called the macula
对人类来说，这些物质能合起来形成黄斑色素，它能保护视网膜上被称为黄斑的那一小部分。 |
| 5. | The team also think that levels of macular pigment can be affected by diet , because the pigments main components are found in some vegetables and are concentrated by the eye
该研究小组还认为，所含斑色素水平可受饮食的影响，因为在某些蔬菜中发现了这种色素的主要成分，眼睛将这些成分集中在一起。 |
| 6. | Blue and green eyes contain less of a substance called macular pigment ? that is thought to protect against amd , one of the leading causes of sight loss in the western world
蓝色和绿色眼睛含有较少的称作“斑色素”的物质，这种物质被认为可有效预防amd病的发生，而这种病在西方国家是导致失明的主要原因。 |
| 7. | And they used themselves as guinea pigs . after taking a lutein supplement for 140 days , they found that the macular pigment levels in their own eyes increased from 20 to 40 percent , which would reduce the amount of blue light reaching the macula by 30 to 40 percent
研究人员以自己来做实验，结果发现在口服了140天黄体素补充剂之后，他们眼睛里的黄斑色素含量提高了20 %到40 %不等，且蓝光到达黄斑的量减少了30 %到40 % 。 |
