fucoxanthin

[¦fyü·kō¦zan·thən]

(biochemistry)

C₄₀H₆₀O₆ A carotenoid pigment; a partial xanthophyll ester found in diatoms and brown algae.

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Fucoxanthin

C₄₀H₅₆O₆, a yellow carotenoid pigment found in diatoms and in brown and golden algae; a xanthophyll. Fucoxanthin occurs in algae together with chlorophyll, the basic photosynthetic pigment. The absorption spectrum of fucoxanthin in the visible region has three maxima—at 424–436, 448–460, and 471—492 nanometers. No flourescence has been detected. Fucoxanthin takes part in photosynthesis by ensuring the transfer of absorbed luminous energy to chlorophyll. The high efficiency of the energy transfer indicates that fucoxanthin is located in close proximity to chlorophyll.

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Tissue Pigment Origin Wild Hepatopancreas Astaxanthin F 22.82 [+ or -] 4.19 a Astaxanthin E 144.1 [+ or -] 13.9 b Fucoxanthin nd Zeaxanthin 2.96 [+ or -] 0.46 a Canthaxanthin 3.23 [+ or -] 0.45 [beta]-carotene 12.2 [+ or -] 1.20 a Exoskeleton Astaxanthin F 1.51 [+ or -] 0.11 Astaxanthin E 0.74 [+ or -] 0.49 b Zeaxanthin 0.06 [+ or -] 0.01 Canthaxanthin 0.04 [+ or -] 0.01 [beta]-carotene 0.55 [+ or -] 0.08 b Muscle Astaxanthin F 0.73 [+ or -] 0.04 Astaxanthin E 0.63 [+ or -] 0.07 b Zeaxanthin 0.03 [+ or -] 0.01 Canthaxanthin 0.02 [+ or -] 0.01 [beta]-carotene 0.09 [+ or -] 0.04 Tissue Origin Reared Ext.

Effect of rearing conditions on astaxanthin accumulation in the white shrimp Penaeus vannamei (Boone, 1931)

Fucoxanthin showed cytotoxic effects by inducing apoptosis of prostate cancer cell line PC-3 (Kotake-Nara et al, 2001), leukemia HL-6 (Nakazawa et al., 2009), and 6 colorectal cell lines, Caco-2, WiDr, HCT116, DLD-1, SW620, Colo205, Caco-2 cell lines (Takahashi et al., 2015).

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Peridinin (PER), fucoxanthin (FUC) and zeaxanthin (ZEA) have been commonly used to designate dinoflagellates, diatoms and cyanobacteria, respectively (Jeffrey et al., 1997).

VARIABILITY IN PHYTOPLANKTON PIGMENT COMPOSITION IN MERSIN BAY

Zahedi, "Seasonal variation of total lipid, fatty acids, fucoxanthin content, and antioxidant properties of two tropical brown algae (Nizamuddinia zanardinii and Cystoseira indica) from Iran," Journal of Applied Phycology, vol.

Fatty Acid Profiles of Stipe and Blade from the Norwegian Brown Macroalgae Laminaria hyperborea with Special Reference to Acyl Glycerides, Polar Lipids, and Free Fatty Acids

Miyashita, "The carotenoid fucoxanthin from brown seaweed affects obesity," Lipid Technology, vol.

A Review of Current Research into the Biogenic Synthesis of Metal and Metal Oxide Nanoparticles via Marine Algae and Seagrasses