Astaxanthin

Clinical Studies

Use of Tween 40 and Tween 80 to deliver a mixture of phytochemicals to human colonic adenocarcinoma cell (CaCo-2) monolayers.

Enhancement of innate immunity in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss Walbaum) associated with dietary intake of carotenoids from natural products.

Cardioprotection and myocardial salvage by a disodium disuccinate astaxanthin derivative (Cardax).

Uptake and distribution of astaxanthin in several tissues and plasma lipoproteins in male broiler chickens fed a yeast (Phaffia rhodozyma) with a high concentration of astaxanthin.

Rapid quantification of carotenoids and fat in Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar L.) by Raman spectroscopy and chemometrics.

Prevention of diabetic nephropathy by treatment with astaxanthin in diabetic db/db mice.

Separation and determination of astaxanthin from microalgal and yeast samples by molecularly imprinted microspheres.

Effects of alpha-tocopherol and astaxanthin on LDL oxidation and atherosclerosis in WHHL rabbits.

Traced studies on metabolism of astaxanthin in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar).

Milking of microalgae.

Composition and chemical changes during storage of fish meal from Capelin (Mallotus villosus).

Cell wall proteomics of the green alga Haematococcus pluvialis (Chlorophyceae).

The structure and refinement of apocrustacyanin C2 to 1.3 A resolution and the search for differences between this protein and the homologous apoproteins A1 and C1.

Marginal differentiation between the sexual and general carotenoid pigmentation of guppies (Poecilia reticulata) and a possible visual explanation.

In vitro effects of astaxanthin combined with ginkgolide B on T lymphocyte activation in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from asthmatic subjects.

Presence of a nonhydrolyzable biopolymer in the cell wall of vegetative cells and astaxanthin-rich cysts of Haematococcus pluvialis (Chlorophyceae).

Protonated canthaxanthins as models for blue carotenoproteins.

Evaluation of the nitric oxide radical scavenging activity of manganese complexes of curcumin and its derivative.

Stimulation of astaxanthin formation in the yeast Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous by the fungus Epicoccum nigrum.

Antioxidant defense system in the apple snail eggs, the role of ovorubin.