Astaxanthin

Clinical Studies

Hydrogen peroxide-induced astaxanthin biosynthesis and catalase activity in Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous.

Engineering a beta-carotene ketolase for astaxanthin production.

Molecular modeling of the non-covalent binding of the dietary tomato carotenoids lycopene and lycophyll, and selected oxidative metabolites with 5-lipoxygenase.

Femtosecond time-resolved absorption spectroscopy of astaxanthin in solution and in alpha-crustacyanin.

Quantification of astaxanthin in shrimp waste hydrolysate by HPLC.

Functional expression of the astaxanthin biosynthesis genes from a marine bacterium, Paracoccus haeundaensis.

Antioxidant activity of Botryococcus braunii extract elucidated in vitro models.

Rofecoxib increases susceptibility of human LDL and membrane lipids to oxidative damage: a mechanism of cardiotoxicity.

A carotenoid synthesis gene cluster from a non-marine Brevundimonas that synthesizes hydroxylated astaxanthin.

Astaxanthin binding to solubilized muscle proteins of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.), haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus L.) and Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus L.).

Molecular modeling of non-covalent binding of homochiral (3S,3'S)-astaxanthin to matrix metalloproteinase-13 (MMP-13).

Association studies of aggregated aqueous lutein diphosphate with human serum albumin and alpha1-acid glycoprotein in vitro: evidence from circular dichroism and electronic absorption spectroscopy.

A novel double-layered photobioreactor for simultaneous Haematococcus pluvialis cell growth and astaxanthin accumulation.

Astaxanthin binding protein in Atlantic salmon.

Isolation and characterization of polyunsaturated fatty acid producing Thraustochytrium species: screening of strains and optimization of omega-3 production.

Carotenoid dynamics in Atlantic salmon.

Characterization of bacterial beta-carotene 3,3'-hydroxylases, CrtZ, and P450 in astaxanthin biosynthetic pathway and adonirubin production by gene combination in Escherichia coli.

Mechanism of radical cation formation from the excited states of zeaxanthin and astaxanthin in chloroform.

Characterization of astaxanthin esters in Haematococcus pluvialis by liquid chromatography-atmospheric pressure chemical ionization mass spectrometry.

Antihypertensive potential and mechanism of action of astaxanthin: III. Antioxidant and histopathological effects in spontaneously hypertensive rats.