Canthaxanthin is a carotenoid that lacks pro-vitamin A activity but is known to have antioxidant activity. The products of its oxidation in oxygen were found to be mainly substituted apo-carotenals and apo-carotenones. The product profile resembles that obtained in the oxidation of β-carotene, except that with canthaxanthin these products are the 4-oxo-β-apo-carotenals and 4-oxo-β-apo-carotenon...

46 2.2.3.3 Use and application Canthaxanthin (ECI61g) is approved for use as a food additive in the European Community but only for the colouring of Strasbourg sausages to a level of 15 mg/kg (Klepsch & Baltas, 1994). The predominant uses of canthaxanthin are in feed for laying hens, in order to colour egg yolks, in broiler production and in salmon and trout farming. Canthaxanthin has been mark...

The effect of the antioxidant activity of beta-carotene and related carotenoids on the free radical-oxidation of methyl linoleate in solution was examined by measuring the production of methyl linoleate hydroperoxides. Canthaxanthin and astaxanthin which possess oxo groups at the 4 and 4'-positions in the beta-ionone ring retarded the hydroperoxide formation more efficiently than beta-carotene ...

An on-line UV-HPLC / APCI-MS (atmospheric pressure chemical ionization) tandem by a platinium C18 column with an isocratic solvent system after optimizing was applied to the separation and the identification of different carotenoids including astaxanthin, canthaxanthin, apocarotenoic ester, torularhodin and beta carotene. This method was used to identify particular carot...

an on-line uv-hplc / apci-ms (atmospheric pressure chemical ionization) tandem by a platinium c18 column with an isocratic solvent system after optimizing was applied to the separation and the identification of different carotenoids including astaxanthin, canthaxanthin, apocarotenoic ester, torularhodin and beta carotene. this method was used to identify particular carotenoids produced by newly...

Canthaxanthin is a naturally occurring chemical, which is most commonly utilized as a colorant for food and dyes or a skin bronzing agent. Its most prevalent impact on human health is canthaxanthin retinopathy, which appears as birefringent, yellow to red crystals surrounding the macula. This occurs with increasing, dose-dependent exposure. Generally, patients remain asymptomatic and findings m...

A field trial was run with the objective to determine the effect of 6 ppm canthaxanthin in ROSS breeders feed (throught supplementation with 60 ppm CAROPHYLL® Red) on the anti-oxidant status of their progeny. The 1 day chicks have very variable antioxidant status and could partly explain differences on their performances. The canthaxanthin is a carotenoid studied for its antioxidant activity. T...

The objective of this work was to determine the influence natural (marigold flower extract) and synthetic (canthaxanthin) pigments on shelf life eggs from light laying hens in final stages production. 288 birds were distributed a completely randomized design, with eight treatments, consisted four levels marigold extract (2.1; 2.4; 2.7 3 ppm) canthaxanthin (0.4 ; 0.7; 1,0 1.3 ppm), each treatmen...

We investigated potential dietary and biochemical bases for carotenoid-based sexual dichromatism in American goldfinches (Carduelis tristis). Captive male and female finches were given access to the same type and amount of carotenoid pigments in the diet during their nuptial molt to assess differences in the degree to which the two sexes incorporated ingested pigments into their plumage. When b...