Table 6.

Top ten most cited fucoxanthin publications from 1928 to June 2021.

Title	Authors	Year	Journal	Total Citation
Fucoxanthin from edible seaweed, Undaria pinnatifida, shows antiobesity effect through UCP1 expression in white adipose tissues	Maeda et al.	2005	Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications	411
Fucoxanthin, a marine carotenoid present in brown seaweeds and diatoms: Metabolism and bioactivities relevant to human health	Peng et al.	2011	Marine Drugs	356
Fucoxanthin as the major antioxidant in Hijikia fusiformis, a common edible seaweed	Yan et al.	1999	Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry	348
Radical scavenging and singlet oxygen quenching activity of marine carotenoid fucoxanthin and its metabolites	Sachindra et al.	2007	Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry	308
Fucoxanthin induces apoptosis and enhances the antiproliferative effect of the PPARγ ligand, troglitazone, on colon cancer cells	Hosokawa et al.	2004	Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)—General Subjects	261
Dietary combination of fucoxanthin and fish oil attenuates the weight gain of white adipose tissue and decreases blood glucose in obese/diabetic KK-Ay mice	Maeda et al.	2007	Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry	226
A potential commercial source of fucoxanthin extracted from the microalga Phaeodactylum tricornutum	Kim et al.	2012	Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology	218
Evaluation of anti-inflammatory effect of fucoxanthin isolated from brown algae in lipopolysaccharide-stimulated RAW 264.7 macrophages	Heo et al.	2010	Food and Chemical Toxicology	212
Fucoxanthin inhibits the inflammatory response by suppressing the activation of NF-κB and MAPKs in lipopolysaccharide-induced RAW 264.7 macrophages	Kim et al.	2010	European Journal of Pharmacology	204
Production, characterization, and antioxidant activity of fucoxanthin from the marine diatom Odontella aurita	Xia et al.	2013	Marine Drugs	178