Astaxanthin and Increased Antioxidant Capacity

• The Role of Astaxanthin as an Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Agent in Human Health: A Systematic Review.

  • 2026-01-09
  • Systematic Review
  • International journal of molecular sciences 27(2)
  • • Giuseppina Malcangi
    • Angelo Michele Inchingolo
    • Lucia Casamassima
    • Irma Trilli
    • Laura Ferrante
    • Marialuisa Longo
    • Francesco Inchingolo
    • Grazia Marinelli
    • Andrea Palermo
    • Gianna Dipalma
    • Alessio Danilo Inchingolo

  • PubMed: 41596351
  • DOI: 10.3390/ijms27020700

  6 Insights on

  • Increased Antioxidant Capacity

  • High evidence
  • Rigorous Journal
  • Clinical

  ASX consistently reduced pro-inflammatory cytokines (IL-6, TNF-α, TGF-β1) and oxidative stress indices while increasing antioxidant capacity (SOD, TAC).

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes