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Astaxanthin is a red carotenoid and has high content in salmon body. Because animals can not synthesize astaxanthin by themselves, so wild salmon gets astaxanthin pigment from the food chain. And farmed salmon can only be taken from feed. Therefore, the salmon feed must contain the right amount of astaxanthin in order to ensure a bright red color of the fish. In addition, as a biologically active substance, astaxanthin can improve the survival rate and immunity of juveniles. With the rapid development of salmon farming industry (eight billion U.S. dollars sales in 2010). The demands of astaxanthin are also growing rapidly in the market. As feed additives, astaxanthin’s sales reached $ 300 million in 2010. As an animal feed additive, astaxanthin nutritional supplements, cosmetics and pharmaceutical industry have a great prospect, because astaxanthin is a super anti-oxidants, the antioxidant capacity than the known b-carotene 10 times higher than vitamin E and 40 times. A large number of medical studies have shown that astaxanthin can effectively quench the various types of oxygen free radicals and protect cells and tissues from damage, and thus play a variety of biological activity, for example, astaxanthin can improve immunity, prevent ultraviolet (UV- A) damage, inhibit cancer cell growth and delay the aging process and prevention of cardiovascular disease. So far, blood algae species is known in nature, astaxanthin content, under certain growth conditions, the algae of blood in the intracellular accumulation of a large number of astaxanthin, and their contents can be accounted for by blood algae dry weight ~ 5%. The current problems: the shrimp astaxanthin on the market is a product in chemically synthesized. Its purity is only 6-8%. Most of the components are composite precursor, more harmful substances and may be carcinogens. Therefore cause consumers and relevant government departments questioned the artificial breeding of salmon, and some European countries have banned the use of synthetic astaxanthin as feed additives. In addition, the price of such products is extremely high ($ 2000 to $ 3000 per kg), which greatly limit the expansion of the market. In use of modern genetics and the most advanced microalgae biotechnology, cosmetic raw material suppliers successfully develop new blood algae technologies for natural astaxanthin. The product is blood algae powder which rich in natural astaxanthin. This algae powder also contains many nutrients, including a variety of protein and unsaturated fatty acids and without any chemical contaminants. This technology will effectively produce natural astaxanthin and significantly reduce production costs.Source:http://www.cosprm.com
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