The Astaxanthin Aggregation Pattern Greatly Influences Its Antioxidant Activity: A Comparative Study in Caco-2 Cells

• Main Authors: Mingqin Dai (Author), Chunjun Li (Author), Zhao Yang (Author), Zhe Sui (Author), Jing Li (Author), Ping Dong (Author), Xingguo Liang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2020-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Astaxanthin is an excellent antioxidant that can form unstable aggregates in biological or artificial systems. The changes of astaxanthin properties caused by molecular aggregation have gained much attention recently. Here, water-dispersible astaxanthin H- and J-aggregates were fabricated and stabil...