Astaxanthin ndeye keto carotenoid yakatorwa kubva kuHaematococcus Pluvialis uye inonyungudika nemafuta. Inowanikwa zvakanyanya munyika yezvipenyu, kunyanya muminhenga yemhuka dzemumvura dzakadai seshrimps, gakanje, hove, uye shiri, uye inoita basa rekuita mavara. Dzinotamba mabasa maviri mumiti nealgae, dzichitora chiedza chechiedza che photosynthesis uye kudzivirira. chlorophyll kubva mukukuvara kwechiedza. Tinowana carotenoids kuburikidza nekudya kwekudya izvo zvakachengetwa muganda, kudzivirira ganda redu kubva pakuparara kwemufananidzo.
Zvidzidzo zvakaona kuti astaxanthin ine simba antioxidant iyo ine 1,000 nguva inoshanda kupfuura vhitamini E mukuchenesa mahara radicals anogadzirwa mumuviri. Mahara radicals imhando yeokisijeni isina kugadzikana ine maerekitironi asina kupetwa anorarama nekumedza maerekitironi kubva kune mamwe maatomu. Kamwe kamwe radical yakasununguka inopindirana ne molecule yakagadzikana, inoshandurwa kuva yakagadzikana yakasununguka radical molecule, iyo inotanga chain reaction of free radical combinations. free radicals. Astaxanthin ine yakasarudzika mamorekuru chimiro uye yakanakisa antioxidant kugona.