Carotenoids, an important kind of natural pigments with great potential commercial value, have been widely used in nutrition and health care, cosmetics and aquaculture industries. Schizochytrium sp. is a potential cell factory for lipid nutrition chemicals production including docosahexaenoic acid and carotenoids.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAstaxanthin is a kind of ketone carotenoid belonging to tetraterpenoids with an excellent antioxidant activity and it is widely used in nutrition and health-care industries. This study aimed to explore the effect of different abiotic stresses on carotenoid production in Schizochytrium sp. Firstly, the characteristics of carotenoid accumulation were studied in Schizochytrium sp.
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