2004•Marine DrugsOpen access
Fucoxanthin and Its Metabolites in Edible Brown Algae Cultivated in Deep Seawater
Kanami Mori‐Yasumoto, Takashi Ooi, Masanori Hiraoka, Naohiro Oka, Hideyuki Hamada, Mitsumasa Tamura, Takenori Kusumi
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Abstract
Three metabolites of fucoxanthin were isolated from a brown alga, Scytosiphon lomentaria, and the structure of a new compound was determined by NMR. The content of fucoxanthin, a biologically active carotenoid, in four edible brown algae, cultivated in deep seawater, was studied.
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