Marine Carotenoids

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Title

Marine Carotenoids

Subject

Marine Drugs

Description

Carotenoids represent a large group of isoprenoid structures with many different structural
characteristics and biological activities. They are the most important pigments of those occurring
in nature and are responsible for the various colors of different fruits, vegetables, and plant parts.
Marine carotenoids are responsible for the color of many fish, shellfish, and algae. However,
while there are many available papers and reviews on carotenoids of terrestrial origin, there has been
relatively little research on the impact of marine carotenoids on human health.
Research on the potential beneficial effects of marine carotenoids has been particularly focused
on astaxanthin and fucoxanthin, as they are major marine carotenoids. Both carotenoids show strong
antioxidant activity, which is attributed to quenching singlet oxygen and scavenging free radicals.
The potential role of the carotenoids as dietary antioxidants has been suggested to be one of the main
mechanisms for their preventive effects against cancer, inflammation, etc. However, it is difficult to
explain their biological activities based only antioxidant activity. Other mechanisms of action that
are independent to their antioxidant properties are also likely to play a role. The mechanisms should
be based on the regulatory effects of marine carotenoids on particular bio-molecules. This activity of
carotenoids is responsible for the characteristic chemical structures, which differ depending on the
length of the polyene, nature of the end group, and the substituents they contain.
This Topical Collection of Marine Drugs is dedicated to marine carotenoids, and will be focused
on the benefits of carotenoids for human beings. For a better understanding of the physiological
effects of marine carotenoids, this collection will include recent developments in the presence,
analysis, chemistry, and biochemistry of marine carotenoids. We are pleased to serve as Editors for
this collection and sincerely hope it will encourage other scientists to work in the exciting field of
marine carotenoids.

Creator

Tatsuya Sugawara (Ed.)
Takashi Maoka (Ed.)

Source

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/marinedrugs/
special issues/marine carotenoids collection

Publisher

MDPI
St. Alban-Anlage 66
4052 Basel, Switzerland

Date

January 2021

Contributor

Tatsuya Sugawara
Takashi Maoka
J®F

Rights

CC BY-NC-ND.

Format

PDF

Language

English

Type

Textbooks

Identifier

ISBN 978-3-03943-190-8 (Hbk); ISBN 978-3-03943-191-5 (PDF)
https://doi.org/10.3390/books978-3-03943-191-5

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