The involvement of cellular oxidative stress in antibacterial therapy has remained a topical issue over the years. In this study, the contribution of oxidative stress to astaxanthin-mediated bacterial lethality was evaluated and . For the analysis, the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of astaxanthin was lower than that of novobiocin against but generally higher than those of the reference antibiotics against other test organisms.
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