The Sea Urchin Arbacia lixula: A Novel Natural Source of Astaxanthin

Several echinoderms, including sea urchins, are valuable sources of bioactive compounds but their nutraceutical potential is largely unexplored. In fact, the gonads of some sea urchin species contain antioxidants including carotenoids and polyhydroxylated naphthoquinones (PHNQ’s), such as echinochro...

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Autores principales: Cirino, Paola, Brunet, Christophe, Ciaravolo, Martina, Galasso, Christian, Musco, Luigi, Vega Fernández, Tomás, Sansone, Clementina, Toscano, Alfonso
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5484137/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28635649
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/md15060187

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5484137/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28635649
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/md15060187

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