ʻO Astaxanthin kahi carotenoid keto i lawe ʻia mai Haematococcus Pluvialis a hiki ke hoʻoheheʻe ʻia i ka momona. Aia ia ma ka honua olaola, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hulu o nā holoholona wai e like me nā ʻōpae, nā pāpaʻi, nā iʻa, a me nā manu, a ke pāʻani nei i ka hana kala. chlorophyll mai ka pōʻino māmā. Loaʻa iā mākou nā carotenoids ma o ka ʻai ʻana i mālama ʻia i loko o ka ʻili, e pale ana i ko mākou ʻili mai photodamage.
Ua ʻike nā haʻawina ʻo ka astaxanthin he antioxidant mana he 1,000 mau manawa ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka huaora E i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i nā radical manuahi i hana ʻia i loko o ke kino. ʻO nā radical manuahi he ʻano o ka oxygen paʻa ʻole i loaʻa i nā electrons i hoʻopaʻa ʻole ʻia e ola ana ma ka hoʻokomo ʻana i nā electrons mai nā mana ʻē aʻe. Once ka noa radical reacts me ka paʻa mole, ua hoohuli ia i ka paʻa noa radical mole, ka mea i hoʻomaka i ke kaulahao kuʻina o ka noa radical combinations.Many 'epekema manao i ke kumu o ke kanaka elemakule he cellular pōʻino ma muli o ka uncontrolled kaulahao hopena o. manuahi manuahi. Loaʻa iā Astaxanthin kahi ʻano molekala kū hoʻokahi a me ka mana antioxidant maikaʻi loa.