Astaxanthin

Clinical Studies

[The character of the interaction of beta-carotene-15,15'-dioxygenase from rabbit small intestine with lycopene, 15,15'-dehydro-beta-carotene, lutein, and astaxanthine]

Studies of immunomodulating actions of carotenoids. II. Astaxanthin enhances in vitro antibody production to T-dependent antigens without facilitating polyclonal B-cell activation.

Preventive action of carotenoids on the development of lymphadenopathy and proteinuria in MRL-lpr/lpr mice.

[Hypercholesterolemic effect of canthaxanthin and astaxanthin in rats]

Isolation of astaxanthin over-producing mutants of Phaffia rhodozyma and their fermentation kinetics.

Protection by beta-carotene and related compounds against oxygen-mediated cytotoxicity and genotoxicity: implications for carcinogenesis and anticarcinogenesis.

Astaxanthin and canthaxanthin are potent antioxidants in a membrane model.

Dihydroxy-carotenoid liposomes inhibit phototoxicity in Paramecium caudatum.

Antioxidant activity of xanthophylls on peroxyl radical-mediated phospholipid peroxidation.

An intracrystalline chromoprotein from red brachiopod shells: implications for the process of biomineralization.

An intracrystalline chromoprotein from red brachiopod shells: implications for the process of biomineralization.

Comparative accumulations of labelled carotenoids (14C-astaxanthin, 3H-canthaxanthin and 3H-zeaxanthin) and their metabolic conversions in mature female rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss).

Recent advances in carotenoid studies--metabolisms and bioactivities.

Complete sequence and model for the C1 subunit of the carotenoprotein, crustacyanin, and model for the dimer, beta-crustacyanin, formed from the C1 and A2 subunits with astaxanthin.

Photobleaching of astaxanthin and canthaxanthin. Quantum-yields dependence of solvent, temperature, and wavelength of irradiation in relation to packaging and storage of carotenoid pigmented salmonoids.

Complete sequence and model for the A2 subunit of the carotenoid pigment complex, crustacyanin.

The lobster carapace carotenoprotein, alpha-crustacyanin. A possible role for tryptophan in the bathochromic spectral shift of protein-bound astaxanthin.

The carotenoids of wild and blue disease affected farmed tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon, Fabricus).

Studies of immunomodulating actions of carotenoids. I. Effects of beta-carotene and astaxanthin on murine lymphocyte functions and cell surface marker expression in in vitro culture system.

Studies on the carotenoids in the muscle of salmon--V. Combination of astaxanthin and canthaxanthin with bovine serum albumin and egg albumin.