CAROTENOID-CONTAINING EXTRACT HAVING OXIDATION-RESISTANT ACTIVITY, ITS PRODUCTION AND ANTIOXIDANT

摘要

PURPOSE: To obtain a new antioxidant suitable for foods, medicines and cosmetics and having high safety and excellent oxidation-resistant activity derived from nature. ;CONSTITUTION: This carotenoid-containing extract having excellent oxidation- resistant activity, α-carotene, lutein and neoxanthin are obtained from a protozoan which belongs to the genus Chlamydomonas and capable of producing carotenoid having oxidation-resistant activity [specific example: Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (ATCC-18798)].;COPYRIGHT: (C)1995,JPO