Medical Dictionary

lutein

noun lu·tein \ˈlüt-ē-ən, ˈlü-ˌtēn\

Medical Definition of LUTEIN

:  an orange xanthophyll C40H56O2 occurring in plants usually with carotenes and chlorophylls and in animal fat, egg yolk, and the corpus luteum
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