Astaxanthin

Clinical Studies

Dietary lutein but not astaxanthin or beta-carotene increases pim-1 gene expression in murine lymphocytes.

Production of ketocarotenoids by microalgae.

Semiempirical and Raman spectroscopic studies of carotenoids.

Characterization of metabolites of astaxanthin in primary cultures of rat hepatocytes.

Engineered isoprenoid pathway enhances astaxanthin production in Escherichia coli.

Production of carotenoids by phaffia rhodozyma growing on media made from hemicellulosic hydrolysates of eucalyptus globulus wood.

Optimization of Phaffia rhodozyma continuous culture through response surface methodology.

Purification, crystallization and initial X-ray analysis of the C1 subunit of the astaxanthin protein, V600, of the chondrophore Velella velella.

Paracoccus carotinifaciens sp. nov., a new aerobic gram-negative astaxanthin-producing bacterium.

Accumulation of astaxanthin all-E, 9Z and 13Z geometrical isomers and 3 and 3' RS optical isomers in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) is selective.

Effect of astaxanthin rich red yeast (Phaffia rhodozyma) on oxidative stress in rainbow trout.

Induction and control of chromoplast-specific carotenoid genes by oxidative stress.

Complementation analysis with new genetic markers in Phaffia rhodozyma.

Radical interception by carotenoids and effects on UV carcinogenesis.

Paracoccus marcusii sp. nov., an orange gram-negative coccus.

Studies of astaxanthin biosynthesis in Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous (Phaffia rhodozyma). Effect of inhibitors and low temperature.

Rate constants for quenching singlet oxygen and activities for inhibiting lipid peroxidation of carotenoids and alpha-tocopherol in liposomes.

Genetic transformation of astaxanthin mutants of Phaffia rhodozyma.

[Carotenoids and vitamin A in fish]

Cancer prevention by carotenoids.