The health benefits of natural astaxanthin

Oct 30
08:24

2012

David Yvon

David Yvon

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Astaxanthin is a terpene unsaturated compound, is one of the carotenoids in over 600 kinds. Has a strong antioxidant activity, water-insoluble and lipophilic, easy to soluble in chloroform, acetone, benzene and carbon disulfide.

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The color is pink,The health benefits of natural astaxanthin Articles after oxidized, it’s bright red. Astaxanthin is an original natural vitamin A carotenoids in animals can not be converted to vitamin A, but it has a very strong anti-tumor effects, and the antioxidant properties (10 times than carotenoids, 100 times than vitamin E), inhibit tumor, enhance immunity, remove free radicals, and many other biological functions, a good therapeutic effect of UV-induced skin cancer, there is a better role in the prevention and treatment of eye disease caused by diabetes, have broad application prospects in functional foods, cosmetics material and medicine. In astaxanthin’s antioxidant derived active, the most studied is anti-inflammatory, sun care and heart health.

The anti-inflammatory effects, astaxanthin suppliers had investigated the impact of astaxanthin in haematococcus pluvialis on human health, and compare the effect of 26 other well-known anti-inflammatory drug. The results show that taking astaxanthin in patients with acute and chronic health conditions increased by 85%, and astaxanthin has the same effect or better than 92% of the anti-inflammatory drugs in surveys; compare to 62 kinds non-prescription anti- inflammatory drugs including aspirin, compared astaxanthin and 76% of the drug has the same effect or better. These results indicate that the anti-inflammatory effects of astaxanthin make it available as a nutritional and health functional foods for the treatment and prevention of diseases caused by inflammation.

Sun care, to prevent lipid ultraviolet light oxidation, protect the skin from UV rays, astaxanthin has a more significant effect than beta carotene and lutein. The ability to protect cell membranes internal and membrane surface prevent oxidation. Human skin by UV stimulation of sun exposure, the skin was red, or sun spots. The scientists conducted a study of oral astaxanthin sunscreen, the results indicate that astaxanthin has a good prevent bask in effects.

Health heart, natural astaxanthin is a good tonic of the heart, and its various features can help people prevent disease, and can also help patients with heart disease to minimize the incidence or risk of stroke. The antioxidant activity of astaxanthin and mitigating no signs of inflammation is beneficial to cardiovascular in two main aspects, it can reduce LDL and triglycerides and raise high-density lipoprotein to improve blood lipid composition.

In addition, natural astaxanthin has more health benefits, and a large number of human clinical trials and animal experiments can provide strong evidence. For example, anti-fatigue effect of astaxanthin, the supporting role of the immune system, the role of ulcers, stomach damage and gastric cancer, detoxification efficacy, prevent cancer and shrink tumors and help patients with diabetes, improve vision, and central nervous system, improve sperm motility increase the chances of pregnancy. Meanwhile, astaxanthin is a coloring agent, can improve aquatic products, livestock and poultry skin and egg pigmentation, improve product quality, and promote antibody production, improve animal immunity, also with an important value in salmon and other fish pigment in aquaculture and poultry farming.

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