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. 2021 Jun 28;10(7):1495. doi: 10.3390/foods10071495

Table 5.

Carotenoids from seafood wastes, together with taxa, species and tissue from which they were isolated, and their biotechnological application.

Taxa Species Tissue Product Biological Activity Reference
Crustacean Litopenaeus vannamei Shell Astaxanthin Antioxidant [158]
Brown alga Undaria pinnatifida Leaf Fucoxanthin Antioxidant [159]
Brown alga Sargassum wightii Leaf Fucoxanthin Antioxidant and ACE inhibition [161]