The contribution of fungi to the global economy

AGT Niego, C Lambert, P Mortimer, N Thongklang… - Fungal Diversity, 2023 - Springer
Fungi provide ecological and environmental services to humans, as well as health and
nutritional benefits, and are vital to numerous industries. Fermented food and beverage …

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 …

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 …

Exploring mycosporine-like amino acid UV-absorbing natural products for a new generation of environmentally friendly sunscreens

N Rosic, M Climstein, GM Boyle, D Thanh Nguyen… - Marine drugs, 2023 - mdpi.com
Human skin needs additional protection from damaging ultraviolet radiation (UVR: 280–400
nm). Harmful UVR exposure leads to DNA damage and the development of skin cancer …

Astaxanthin impact on brain: health potential and market perspective

SA Cunha, S Borges, S Baptista-Silva… - Critical Reviews in …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Nowadays, there is an emergent interest in new trend-driven biomolecules to improve health
and wellbeing, which has become an interesting and promising field, considering their high …

Development of a microbial-assisted process for enhanced astaxanthin recovery from crab exoskeleton waste

MN Abd El-Ghany, SA Hamdi, RM Elbaz, AS Aloufi… - Fermentation, 2023 - mdpi.com
Astaxanthin is a xanthophyll carotenoid possessing impressive nutraceutical, antioxidant,
and bioactive merits. Traditionally, astaxanthin is extracted from crustacean wastes via …

Biopolymer nanovehicles for oral delivery of natural anticancer agents

SR Falsafi, Y Wang, TJ Ashaolu… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Cancer is the second leading cause of death throughout the world. Nature‐inspired
anticancer agents (NAAs) that are a gift of nature to humanity have been extensively utilized …

[HTML][HTML] Maximizing crustaceans (shrimp, crab, and lobster) by-products value for optimum valorization practices: A comparative review of their active ingredients …

Z Zhang, Z Ma, L Song, MA Farag - Journal of Advanced Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Background The processing of the three major crustaceans (shrimp, lobster, and crab) is
associated with inevitable by-products, high waste disposal costs, environmental and …

Astaxanthin Extract from Shrimp (Trachypenaeus curvirostris) By-Products Improves Quality of Ready-to-Cook Shrimp Surimi Products during Frozen Storage at −18 ° …

K Zhu, W Yan, Z Dai, Y Zhang - Foods, 2022 - mdpi.com
The effects of astaxanthin extract (AE) from shrimp by-products on the quality and sensory
properties of ready-to-cook shrimp surimi products (RC-SSP) during frozen storage at− 18° …

Microbial astaxanthin production from agro-industrial wastes—raw materials, processes, and quality

JC de Carvalho, LD Goyzueta-Mamani… - Fermentation, 2022 - mdpi.com
The antioxidant and food pigment astaxanthin (AX) can be produced by several
microorganisms, in auto-or heterotrophic conditions. Regardless of the organism, AX …