Mitochondrial uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1) is usually expressed only in brown adipose
tissue (BAT) and a key molecule for metabolic thermogenesis to avoid an excess of fat …

As many studies are exploring the association between ingestion of bioactive compounds
and decreased risk of non-communicable diseases, the scientific community continues to …

The effect of fucoxanthin, from the edible seaweed Undaria pinnatifida on viability of colon
cancer cells and induction of apoptosis was investigated. Fucoxanthin remarkably reduced …

This study investigated the nutritional components and anti-proliferative activity of Sargassum
oligocystum against an adriamycin-resistant human small cell lung carcinoma cell line (…

We investigated whether various carotenoids present in foodstuffs were potentially involved
in cancer-preventing action on human prostate cancer. The effects of 15 kinds of carotenoids …

Antioxidant activity of carotenoids is suggested to be one of the factors for their disease
preventing effects. Marine carotenoids fucoxanthin and its two metabolites, fucoxanthinol and …

2 Mutagenicity of fucoxanthinol (FXOH), the major compound after oral ingestion of fucoxanthin
(FX), was evaluated by in vitro Ames test, and of FX by in vivo micronucleus test. In in …

Fucoxanthin is a marine carotenoid found in edible brown seaweeds. We previously
reported that dietary fucoxanthin attenuates the weight gain of white adipose tissue (WAT) of …

Pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) seed oil (PGO) contains more than 70% cis(c)9,frans(f)11,c13–18:3
as conjugated linolenic acids (CLN). Our previous short‐term experiment …

The present study describes the variation in lipid components from 15 species of seaweeds
belonging to the Chlorophyta, Ochrophyta, and Rhodophyta phyla collected in tropical (…