Biological functions and activities of animal carotenoids

Wataru Miki

Pure and Applied Chemistry

Animal PhysiologyCarotenoidBiochemistryPhysiologyMetabolism +1

Structure and functional analysis of a marine bacterial carotenoid biosynthesis gene cluster and astaxanthin biosynthetic pathway proposed at the gene level

Norihiko Misawa, Y. Satomi, Keiji Kondô, +5

Journal of Bacteriology

EngineeringCyanobacteriaFunctional AnalysisBiosynthesisCarotenoid +16

Carotenoids as Singlet Oxygen Quenchers in Marine Organisms

Nobuyoshi Shimidzu, Masafumi Goto, Wataru Miki

Fisheries Science

Inhibition of Low-Density Lipoprotein Oxidation by Astaxanthin

Tamami Iwamoto, Kazuaki Hosoda, Reiko Hirano, +7

Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis

Novel Antioxidative Metabolites in Rat Liver with Ingested Sesamin

Masaaki Nakai, Masami Harada, Koichi Nakahara, +4

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Identification of the Major Antioxidative Metabolites in Biological Fluids of the Rat with Ingested (+)-Catechin and (-)-Epicatechin

Masami Harada, Yukiko Kan, Hideo Naoki, +5

Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Biological FluidsNutraceutical IngredientLipid PeroxidationPolyphenolicsOxidative Stress +14

Production of Astaxanthin and 4-Ketozeaxanthin by the Marine Bacterium,<i>Agrobacterium aurantiacum</i>

Akihiro Yokoyama, Hitoshi Izumida, Wataru Miki

Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry

BiologyMarine BiotechnologyBiosynthesisAnaerobic CulturingEngineering +11

Phlorotannins as Radical Scavengers from the Extract of Sargassum ringgoldianum

Masaaki Nakai, Norihiko Kageyama, Koichi Nakahara, +1

Marine Biotechnology

BotanyPhytopharmacologyPhytochemicalRadical ScavengersPhytochemistry +1

Elucidation of a Carotenoid Biosynthesis Gene Cluster Encoding a Novel Enzyme, 2,2′-β-Hydroxylase, from <i>Brevundimonas</i> sp. Strain SD212 and Combinatorial Biosynthesis of New or Rare Xanthophylls

Yasuhiro Nishida, Kyoko Adachi, Hiroaki Kasai, +6

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Composition and presumed biosynthetic pathway of carotenoids in the astaxanthin-producing bacterium<i>Agrobacterium aurantiacum</i>

Akihiro Yokoyama, Wataru Miki

FEMS Microbiology Letters

BiosynthesisAstaxanthin FormationEngineeringBiochemistryBiotransformation +11