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Nutraceutical and Pharmaceutical Applications of Carotenoids

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Carotenoids, the most common fat-soluble plant pigments in nature, play important roles in scavenging peroxyl radicals and singlet oxygen in human. Dietary carotenoids are considered to be beneficial for the prevention of various diseases, including certain cancers, cardiovascular disease, and eye disease. Due to such bioactivities of carotenoids, they are often used in nutritional supplements, skin care cosmetics, and pharmaceutical products as well as in a natural color for foods and feeds. In particular, the demands of β-carotene, lycopene, astaxanthin, lutein, zeaxanthin, β-cryptoxanthin, and fucoxanthin are increasing for nutraceutical and pharmaceutical applications in recent years. Although carotenoids exhibit high antioxidant activity in common, the bioactivity varies depending on the structure, e.g., lutein and zeaxanthin are effective for the prevention of eye disease, and fucoxanthin exhibits a strong anti-obesity activity. The objective of this contribution is to review the bioactivities and applications of commercially important carotenoids. Furthermore, the aspects of the recent progress in processing technology of carotenoids for nutraceutical and pharmaceutical applications are also included in this review.

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Honda, M. (2020). Nutraceutical and Pharmaceutical Applications of Carotenoids. In: Jacob-Lopes, E., Queiroz, M., Zepka, L. (eds) Pigments from Microalgae Handbook. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50971-2_18

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