Health benefits of fucoxanthin in the prevention of chronic diseases

Fucoxanthin is a xanthophyll carotenoid abundant in macroalgae, such as brown seaweeds. When fucoxanthin is consumed, it can be esterified or hydrolyzed to fucoxanthinol in the gastrointestinal tract and further converted into amarouciaxanthin A in the liver. It has a unique chemical structure that...

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Published in:	Biochimica et biophysica acta. Molecular and cell biology of lipids 2020-11, Vol.1865 (11), p.158618, Article 158618
Main Authors:	Bae, Minkyung, Kim, Mi-Bo, Park, Young-Ki, Lee, Ji-Young
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	adverse effects Anti-inflammation anti-inflammatory activity Antioxidant antioxidant activity Antioxidants - therapeutic use Brown seaweed Carotenoid chemical structure Chronic Disease - drug therapy chronic diseases clinical trials diabetes mellitus Diabetes Mellitus - diet therapy esterification free radicals Fucoxanthin gastrointestinal system Gastrointestinal Tract - drug effects Humans hydrolysis liver Liver - drug effects Liver - metabolism liver diseases lutein macroalgae metabolism neoplasms Neoplasms - diet therapy obesity Obesity - diet therapy Obesity - metabolism Phaeophyceae Seaweed - chemistry singlet oxygen Xanthophylls - chemistry Xanthophylls - therapeutic use
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