Astaxanthin is known as a "marine carotenoid" and occurs in a wide variety of living organisms such as salmon,
shrimp, crab, and red snapper.
Astaxanthin antioxidant activity has
been reported to be more than 100 times greater than that of vitamin E
against lipid peroxidation and approximately 550 times more potent than
that of vitamin E for singlet oxygen quenching.
Astaxanthin exhibits no
pro-oxidant activity and its main site of action is on/in the cell
membrane. To date, various important benefits suggested for human health
include immunomodulation, anti-stress, anti-inflammation,
LDL cholesterol oxidation suppression, enhanced skin health, improved
semen quality, attenuation of eye fatigue, increased sports performance
and endurance, limiting exercised-induced muscle damage, and the
suppression of the development of lifestyle related diseases such as
obesity, atherosclerosis, diabetes, hyperlipidemia and hypertension.
Recently, there has been an explosive increase worldwide in both the
research and demand for natural astaxanthin in human health
applications.
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