Biosynthetic pathway and health benefits of fucoxanthin, an algae-specific xanthophyll in brown seaweeds

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 13763-13781

  Mikami, Koji ^a   Hosokawa, Masashi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biosynthetic pathway; Brown seaweed; Carotenogenic gene; Carotenoid; Ectocarpus siliculosus; Fucoxanthin; Genome; Health benefit

Indexed keywords

ANTHERAXANTIN; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; DIADINOXANTHIN; DIATOXANTHINE; FUCOXANTHIN; FUCOXANTHINOL; NEOXANTHIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIOLAXANTHIN; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARABIDOPSIS; BREAST CANCER; BROWN ALGA; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COLON CANCER; DIATOM; DRUG MECHANISM; DUODENUM CANCER; ECTOCARPUS SILICULOSUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GREEN ALGA; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; LIVER CANCER; MELANOMA; NEUROBLASTOMA; NONHUMAN; PHAEODACTYLUM TRICORNUTUM; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PROSTATE CANCER; RED ALGA; REVIEW; SARCOMA; SEAWEED; T CELL LEUKEMIA; THALASSIOSIRA PSEUDONANA; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHLOROPHYTA; ECTOCARPUS SILICULOSUS; PHAEODACTYLUM TRICORNUTUM; PHAEOPHYCEAE; THALASSIOSIRA PSEUDONANA;

HUMANS; PHAEOPHYTA; SEAWEED; XANTHOPHYLLS;

EID: 84879990532     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms140713763     Document Type: Review

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