Astaxanthin, chemical formula C40H50O4, molecular weight 596.84, CAS NO.:472-61-7, is a carotenoid and the highest level product of carotenoid synthesis. It is dark pink, and its chemical structure is similar to that of beta-carotene. Therefore, astaxanthin has the strongest antioxidant activity in nature. It widely exists in the biological world, especially in the feathers of shrimp, crab, fish, algae, yeast, and birds. It is one of the main carotenoids in marine organisms.
Astaxanthin production has two ways: artificial synthesis and biological acquisition. Synthetic astaxanthin is not only expensive but also significantly different from natural astaxanthin in structure, function, application, and safety.
Antioxidant
Natural astaxanthin is one of the strongest natural antioxidants in the world. It can effectively remove free radicals in cells, enhance cell regeneration ability, maintain body balance and reduce the accumulation of senile cells, protect cells and DNA health from inside to outside, thus protecting skin health, promoting hair growth, anti-aging and alleviating exercise fatigue, enhance vitality.
Coloring agent
Astaxanthin is a kind of pigments. Astaxanthin can make salmon, egg yolk, shrimp, crab and so on appear red. Astaxanthin is produced by algae, bacteria, and phytoplankton in nature. Some aquatic species, including shrimps and crabs, eat these algae and plankton, then store the pigment in their shells, so they appear red. These shellfish are also preyed on by fish (salmon, trout, galileos), birds (flamingos, ibises) and chickens and ducks, and then stored in the skin and adipose tissue. This is why salmon and some other animals show red.
Astaxanthin can bind to protein in vivo. Astaxanthin has the functions of anti-oxidation, anti-aging, anti-cancer and prevention of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
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