Antioxidant and pro-oxidant activities of carotenoids and their oxidation products

D Ribeiro, M Freitas, AMS Silva, F Carvalho… - Food and Chemical …, 2018 - Elsevier
Carotenoids are lipid soluble plant pigments that make part of human daily diet. These
compounds are able to react with diverse reactive species and originate a myriad of …

Recent advances in health benefits and bioavailability of dietary astaxanthin and its isomers

X Liu, J Xie, L Zhou, J Zhang, Z Chen, J Xiao, Y Cao… - Food Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Astaxanthin, a xanthophyll carotenoid, has attracted considerable attention owing to its
unique molecular structure and excellent antioxidant properties. Due to its structural …

Dietary astaxanthin: an excellent carotenoid with multiple health benefits

Y Cao, L Yang, X Qiao, C Xue, J Xu - Critical Reviews in Food …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Astaxanthin is a carotenoid widely found in marine organisms and microorganisms. With
extensive use in nutraceuticals, cosmetics, and animal feed, astaxanthin will have the …

Astaxanthin as a microalgal metabolite for aquaculture: A review on the synthetic mechanisms, production techniques, and practical application

Q Lu, H Li, Y Zou, H Liu, L Yang - Algal Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Astaxanthin, which is an important metabolite with anti-oxidative property, has been
discovered in some fish, shrimp, and microorganisms. Owing to the great advantages of …

Recent progress in practical applications of a potential carotenoid astaxanthin in aquaculture industry: a review

S Elbahnaswy, GE Elshopakey - Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, 2024 - Springer
Astaxanthin is the main natural C40 carotenoid used worldwide in the aquaculture industry.
It normally occurs in red yeast Phaffia rhodozyma and green alga Haematococcus pluvialis …

Nanotechnology-abetted astaxanthin formulations in multimodel therapeutic and biomedical applications

Z Jafari, A Bigham, S Sadeghi… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Astaxanthin (AXT) is one of the most important fat-soluble carotenoids that have abundant
and diverse therapeutic applications namely in liver disease, cardiovascular disease, cancer …

Structures of astaxanthin and their consequences for therapeutic application

THP Brotosudarmo, L Limantara… - … Journal of Food …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are continuously generated as a by‐product of normal
aerobic metabolism. Elevated ROS formation leads to potential damage of biological …

Influence of molecular structure of astaxanthin esters on their stability and bioavailability

L Yang, X Qiao, J Gu, X Li, Y Cao, J Xu, C Xue - Food chemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
The stability and bioavailability of fourteen astaxanthin esters (Asta-Es) with different
molecular structures were investigated using in vitro and in vivo digestion models. The …

Z-Isomers of Astaxanthin Exhibit Greater Bioavailability and Tissue Accumulation Efficiency than the All-E-Isomer

M Honda, K Murakami, Y Osawa… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The purpose of the present study was to clarify the differences in the bioavailability and
tissue accumulation efficiency between (all-E)-and (Z)-astaxanthin. Astaxanthin with a high …

Astaxanthin with different configurations: sources, activity, post modification, and application in foods

J Sun, J Yan, H Dong, K Gao, K Yu, C He… - Current Opinion in Food …, 2023 - Elsevier
Highlights•Different configurations of astaxanthin lead to differences in activity.•Thermal and
catalytic isomerization can be used to prepare other configurational isomers.•Structural …