Astaxanthin is the strongest known antioxidant. It has a powerful effect on improving the anti-stress ability and disease resistance of fish and shrimp. Since astaxanthin is so good, do you really understand it?
At present, there are two main types of astaxanthin on the market, one is natural astaxanthin and the other is synthetic astaxanthin. At present, the more promising sources of natural astaxanthin are mainly extracted from crustacean shells, yeasts, and algae.
There are many problems in the extraction of astaxanthin from crustaceans. First, the pigment content is low and the change is large, which requires extraction through a large amount of crustacean waste, thereby increasing the extraction cost and transportation cost. Secondly, the waste itself is easily corrupted and deteriorated rapidly. Since the shells of crustaceans are mostly wastes, they contain many unsanitary substances. In addition, the storage environment is relatively poor, so they are easily deteriorated, which brings a lot to the extraction of astaxanthin. trouble and increase production costs. Third, the high content of chitin, ash, and humidity all limit the extraction of astaxanthin, but a better method has not yet been found.
Another method of extracting natural astaxanthin is from algae. Many species of algae such as Haematococcus Pluvialis and the microalgae Chlorella contain more astaxanthin. The quality of pigments produced by Haematococcus is good, but this method also has many shortcomings, such as harsh growth conditions for algae, low temperature, light, sufficient nitrogen source, and slow growth, which brings great influence to the mass production of astaxanthin.
Although astaxanthin has a high market space, it is often seen that some people sell "so-called astaxanthin" to farmers, but the effect is often not very good. Why? It is very likely that "the astaxanthin" is not "the astaxanthin". Although some studies have shown that astaxanthin is commonly found in shrimp, crab, fish, algae, and fungi, some foreign researchers have found that when extracting astaxanthin from these species, the content of astaxanthin is low and the extraction cost is low. Also high, resulting in low efficiency in the end. In addition, although Haematococcus contains a large amount of astaxanthin, Haematococcus is easily affected by the environment and is difficult to cultivate, so it is difficult to produce astaxanthin in large quantities.
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