• Proceedings of the Korean Aquaculture Society Conference
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.82-83
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• 2003

최근 인공종묘생산기술이 개발된 붉은쏨뱅이(Sabastiscus tertius)는 자연산과 양식산의 체색이 붉은색과 검정색으로 많은 차이가 있어 양식산업화에 많은 어려움이 있다. 따라서 상품가치와 경쟁력 향상을 위하여 사료에 카로티노이드 성분을 함유한 크릴새우(25, 50, 75, 100%)와 astaxanthin(5, 10, 15, 20%)를 비율대로 첨가하여 양식산 붉은쏨뱅이의 체색 변화를 살펴보았다. 크릴새우의 경우 50% 첨가한 사료실험구에서의 적색도와 황색도는 각각 6.29와 13.42로 높게 나타나기 시작하였으며 크릴새우 75% 첨가실험구에서는 적색도와 황색도가 각각 8.31과 14.91로 최고치를 보였다. 그리고 크릴 100%에서는 적색도와 황색도가 각각 7.27과 10.33로 75% 실험구에 비하여 감소하는 것으로 나타났다. astaxanthin 실험구들에서는 5%와 10% 실험구에는 체색도가 높게 나타나지 않았으나 15%에서 적색도가 7.86 황색도가 9.32로 가장 높게 나타났다. 그리고 20% 실험구에는 7.18과 6.32로 나타났다. 본 실험결과 붉은쏨뱅이의 체색회복을 위해서는 크릴새우의 경우 최소 50% 이상을 첨가해야만 가능할것으로 판단되며 astaxanthin는 15% 이상 첨가해야 효과가 있는 것으로 판단된다. 그리고 astaxanthin보다는 크릴새우가 더 효과적이였으며 모든 실험구는 대조구(펠렛사료 100%)에 비하여 체색 회복효과가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 자연산에서는 적색도와 황색도는 각각 23.80과 13.44로 적색도가 아주 높게 나타났으나 양식산에서는 적색도와 황색도가 1.09와 1.98로 매우 낮게 나타났다. 그리고 체색의 변화는 모든실험구에서 등지느러미와 꼬리지느리미 그리고 턱과 가슴주변에서부터 점차 배와 등쪽으로 색이 변화하는 것이 관찰되었다. 크릴 75%와 astaxanthin 15%를 공급하였을 때 체색이 변화하는 시간은 크릴의 경우 사료공급 20일 후부터 체색의 변화가 시작하여 30일이 경과 될때에는 등지느러미, 꼬리지느러미 및 턱주변이 붉은색으로 변화하였다. astaxanthin의 경우는 30일부터 등지느러미와 꼬리지느러미 부근에서 체색의 변화가 시작되었으며 40일 이후부터 붉은색으로 변화하였다. 크릴새우와 astaxanthin를 함유하여 실험하였을 때 붉은쏨뱅이의 성장은 크릴 75% 실험구에서 전장 172.3mm, 체중 65.9g으로 가장 좋았다. 그러나 대조구에서는 전장 148.7mm, 체중 49.5g으로 가장 성장이 저조하였으며 astaxanthin 실험구들에서는 전장 152.3~159.8mm, 체중 56.9~59.3g으로 서로 유의적인 차이를 나타내지 않았다.

• Reproductive and Developmental Biology
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• v.31 no.1
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• pp.49-53
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• 2007

Astaxanthin is a kind of carotenoid compounds, having a antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities. The antioxidative mechanism by which carotenoid scavenge free radicals has been clearly elucidated, but has not tried for the development of mammalian preimplantation embryo. This study was conducted to investigate the antioxidative effect of astaxanthin on in vitro development of porcine in vitro fertilized embryos. Porcine embryos derrived from in vitro fertilization (IVF) were cultured in 5% $CO_{2} in air at $38.5^{\circ}C$ in PZM-3 medium supplemented with different dosages of astaxanthin ($0,\;1,\;5\;and\;10{\mu}M$) and taurine (0, 1, 2.5 and 5 mM) as a positive control, and execute to compare the effects of various antioxidants such as taurine, melatonin and asculatin on in vitro development. The proportions of embryos developed to the blastocyst stage were increased when $1\;and\;5\;{\mu}M$ of astaxanthin (26.6 and 23.4%, respectively) and 1 and 2.5 mM taurine (25.8 and 26.4%, Respectively) were supplemented, compared to controls (p<0.05). Also, various antioxidant-treated groups were significantly higher rates of blastocysts (astaxanthin, 27.4%; taurine, 29.1%; melatonin, 26.8%; aesculetin, 27.9%, respectively) than control (18.8%). There was no difference in mean cell number of blastocysts between antioxidants and control. This result indicates that astaxanthin has an antioxidant feature when porcine IVF embryos were cultured in vitro.

• Nutritional Sciences
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.41-46
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• 2004

In postmenopausal women, the incidence of cardiovascular disease(CVD) is common and there is growing evidences that astaxanthin has a strong antioxidant capacity and plays a beneficial role in the prevention of CVD. However, current data are not sufficient to determine the effect of astaxanthin on improving lipid profiles and antioxidant capacity in human. In this study, 15 healthy postmenopausal women were divided into 3 groups and given astaxanthin supplements of 0,2 or 8mg/day for 8 weeks. Blood samples were taken before and after 4 and 8 weeks of astaxanthin supplementation for analysis of serum total choelsterol, LDL-cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, triglyceride, plasma TBARS, total antioxidant status(TAS) and urinary 8-isoprostanes. HDL-cholesterollevels in 2mg and 8mg group increased significantly after 8 weeks from 50.6$\pm$5.8 to 60.4$\pm$7.1mg/dl, 44.4$\pm$10.7 to 49.4$\pm$2.7$mg/dl$ respectively (p<0.05). In the 2mg group, triglyceride decreased significantly from 171.6$\pm$67.4 mg/$dl$ to 145.8$\pm$5.1$mg/dl$ (p<0.05). Plasma TBARS level in the 2mg group decreased from 1.42$\pm$0.18nM/mg to 1.13$\pm$0.18nM/mg after 8 weeks (p<0.05). In the 8mg group, TBARS level decreased significantly from 1.62$\pm$0.14nM/mg to 1.13$\pm$0.12nM/mg after 8 weeks (p<0.05). TAS, as an indicator of lipid peroxidation, increased significantly from 0.85$\pm$0.42mM/$l$ to 1.90$\pm$0.58mM$l$ after 8 weeks in the 8mg group (p<0.05). Urinary 8-isoprostanes excretion did not decrease significantly with astaxanthin supplementation. In conclusion, it would be helpful for postmenopausal women with common cardiovascular disease to supplement with astaxanthin as an antioxidant.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• v.15 no.3
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• pp.633-639
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• 2005

Frequently used for humans as a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, naproxen has been known to induce ulcerative gastric lesions. The present study was undertaken to investigate the in vivo therapeutic effect of astaxanthin, isolated from a Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous mutant, against naproxen-induced gastric antral ulceration in rats. The rats were treated with three doses of astaxanthin [1, 5, and 25 mg/kg body weight (B.W.), respectively] once daily for 2 weeks after pretreatment of 80 mg of naproxen/kg B.W. twice daily for 3 days, while the control rats received only 80 mg of naproxen/kg B.W. twice daily for 3 days. The oral administration of astaxanthin (1,5, and 25 mg/kg B.W.) showed a curative effect against naproxen (80 mg/kg B.W.)-induced gastric antral ulcer and reduced the elevated lipid peroxide level in gastric mucosa. In addition, astaxanthin treatment resulted in significant increase in the activities of radical scavenging enzymes such as superoxide dismutase, catalase, and glutathione peroxidase. A histologic examination clearly proved that acute gastric mucosal lesion induced by naproxen nearly disappeared after the astaxanthin treatment. These results suggest that astaxanthin eliminated the lipid peroxides and free radicals induced by naproxen and may be a potential candidate for remedy of gastric ulceration.

• Journal of the Society of Cosmetic Scientists of Korea
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• v.40 no.3
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• pp.247-257
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• 2014

Oil-in-water nanoemulsions of astaxanthin prepared by new vesicle, glyceryl citrate/ lactate/ linoleate/ oleate, were evaluated thoroughly in terms of cosmeceutical properties such as antioxidant effect, cell viability, influence of protein related enzyme, skin penetration, skin hydration and elasticity. Antioxidant effect and cell viability of nanoemulsion of astaxanthin were evaluated by DPPH and MTT assay. Also other properties of nanoemulsions of astaxanthin were measured by proteome analysis using 2D-PAGE, confocal laser scanning microscope and in-vivo test. We were able to find that the nanoemulsion of astaxanthin is good at scavenging of radical and inhibits the degradation of dermal extracellular matrix with the down-regulation of MMPs and other proteins related to MMP expression. CLSM was adopted for observing penetration of nanoemulsion of astaxanthin and showed high effective penetration rate compared to the nanoemulsion of astaxanthin prepared by conventional lecithin. In-vivo measurement of the nanoemulsions in hydration and elasticity were conducted to 11 Korean female adults for 28 days and showed better results.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.30 no.6
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• pp.127-127
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• 2001

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• v.2 no.1
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• pp.46-49
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• 1992

The availability of Phaffia rhodozyma as an astaxanthin sources in the aquaculture industry is limited because of the low carotenoid content of natural isolate. In this study, we have used the protoplast fusion technique to construct cell hybrids with an increased content of astaxanthin from P. rhodozyma. Cell hybrids (F307 and F406) obtained were very stable and produced considerably more astaxanthin (> 1 mg/g yeast) than the wild parent. Karyogamy was confirmed by the isolation of recombinants after mitotic segregation of parental auxotrophic genetic markers, the increased amount of chromosomal DNA/cell and the presence of single nucleus/cell.

• 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2000.11a
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• pp.301-304
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• 2000

Fed-batch culture was designed to increase cell concentration and astaxanthin content by mutant AJ-6 of Phaffia rhodozyma. Fed-batch culture was performed in the continuous feeding with manual adjustment of flow rate to control glucose concentration. When the final glucose concentration was 100 g/L, the cell and astaxanthin were 38.3 g/L, 34.8 mg/L, respectively. Addition of ethanol(10 g/L), when glucose was depleted, the cell and astaxanthin concentration were 37.2 g/L and 45.6, respectively, 5 g/L of acetic acid supplied, 40.6 g/L, 43.9 mg/L were obtained. Ethanol and acetic acid enhanced the astaxanthin content act as precursor of carotenoid synthesis.

• Molecular & Cellular Toxicology
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• v.4 no.4
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• pp.300-306
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• 2008

We investigated high light-induced alterations in antioxidant enzymes by exposing green vegetative cells of the alga Haematococcus pluvialis to excess irradiance to induce the production of astaxanthin, a carotenoid pigment. Total activity of catalase decreased approximately 70% after high light exposure, whereas glutathione peroxidase (GPX) activity was slightly enhanced. Total activity of superoxide dismutase and ascorbate peroxidase (APX) also slightly decreased. Overall, we did not observe dramatically elevated levels of antioxidant isozymes, although APXn, GPX2, and GPX3 isozyme increased slightly. ${H_2}{O_2}$ content increased about sixfold after high light exposure, demonstrating severe cellular oxidative stress, whereas lipid peroxidation was notably reduced. Concomitantly, astaxanthin accumulation increased about sevenfold. This result suggests that probably massively accumulated astaxanthin may be one of the antioxidant protector against high light stress.

• KSBB Journal
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• v.28 no.4
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• pp.238-243
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• 2013

Astaxanthin is one of the carotenoid with strong antioxidant. The conditions of extraction of astaxanthin from Portunus trituberculatus were optimized in this work. Six factors of conditions such as, extraction method, extraction solvent, ratio of solvent to raw material, temperature, and time, were investigated. For the increase of the extraction yield, ionic liquids were used as additives in the extraction solvent. The optimum extraction conditions were found: heat reflux extraction, Dichloromethane/methanol (25:75, v/v) as solvent, 1:30 of the ratio of solvent raw material, $80^{\circ}C$, 90 min, and ionic liquid as additive. As a result, 45.81 ${\mu}g/g$ of astaxanthin was extracted from waste.