Bulk astaxanthin powder has penetrating and antioxidant properties. However, they each have their focus in terms of mechanism of action and point of attraction. Astaxanthin is also widely used in skincare and anti-aging products to help protect the skin from UV damage and slow down aging.
Penetrating properties of astaxanthin
Astaxanthin's penetrating properties stem from its unique molecular structure. It is both lipophilic and hydrophilic. It can easily cross various body barriers. Such as the blood-brain barrier, blood-eye barrier, etc. This penetrability provides the basis for astaxanthin's wide distribution and function in the human body. Specifically, astaxanthin's penetration has the following effects.
• Widespread distribution:
Astaxanthin can penetrate cell membranes and various body barriers. It can enter multiple parts of the brain, eyes, joints, skin, etc., and protect tissues throughout the body.
• Direct Action:
Through its penetrating properties, bulk astaxanthin powder can act directly on damaged cells and tissues. It exerts a variety of effects including antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and repair.
• Efficient utilisation:
Due to its wide distribution and direct action, astaxanthin has a high bioavailability and can exert its physiological effects more efficiently.
How To Penetrate?
This penetrating power stems from astaxanthin's unique molecular structure. Being both lipophilic and hydrophilic, astaxanthin is able to pass through various body barriers unimpeded. The following is a detailed description of how astaxanthin penetrates the four major obstacles in the human body.
Firstly, astaxanthin can penetrate the blood-brain barrier.
The blood-brain barrier is the barrier that exists between the blood and the nervous tissue of the brain. It consists mainly of brain capillary endothelial cells, basement membranes, and neuroglial membranes. Astaxanthin can easily cross this barrier under its unique water-oil dual solubility property. It reaches the brain and central nervous system to exert antioxidant and protective effects.
Secondly, astaxanthin can also cross the blood-eye barrier.
The blood-eye barrier is an important structure that protects the stability of the internal environment of the eye. Astaxanthin can pass through this barrier with ease. It can enter the eye and provide antioxidant protection to the eye tissue, which helps prevent and treat eye diseases.
Additionally, bulk astaxanthin oil can get into joints and tendons to relieve pain in people such as athletes.
This is because astaxanthin has powerful anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties that reduce inflammation and damage to joints and tendons.
Finally, astaxanthin also gets into the skin to prevent UV damage.
Astaxanthin's antioxidant properties fight UV-induced free radical damage and protect skin cells from damage. It also promotes skin cell repair and regeneration.
Antioxidant properties of astaxanthin
Astaxanthin is a powerful natural antioxidant, and its antioxidant properties are mainly manifested in the following aspects:
• Scavenging free radicals:
Astaxanthin can rapidly remove free radicals from the body, preventing free radicals from causing damage to cells and tissues.
• Inhibition of lipid peroxidation:
Astaxanthin can inhibit lipid peroxidation, reduce the generation of lipid peroxidation products, and protect the integrity of cell membranes and organelles.
• Protects cells and tissues:
By scavenging free radicals and inhibiting lipid peroxidation, bulk astaxanthin powder can protect cells and tissues from oxidative damage, slowing down the aging process and preventing the occurrence of many diseases.
How does astaxanthin work as an antioxidant?
Our bodies maintain the heavy lifting of cleaning up free radicals in the form of special antioxidant enzymes. Such as superoxide dismutase, glutathione peroxidase and catalase. These are specifically designed to scavenge these free radicals. However, as things like stress and aging can reduce our body's ability to produce these enzymes, we need more antioxidants in our diet to help scavenge free radicals. Astaxanthin bulk powder is particularly effective in antioxidant and free radical scavenging. Its powerful antioxidant capacity is mainly shown in.
1. Quenching single-line oxygen, and scavenging free radicals astaxanthin's molecular structure has a very long chain of conjugated double bonds.
In the conjugated double bond chain at the end of the unsaturated ketone group and hydroxyl, the ketone group and hydroxyl constitute an α-hydroxy ketone. These structures have more active electronic effects. It can attract free radicals or provide electrons to free radicals to achieve the purpose of scavenging free radicals. With the increase in the number of astaxanthin-conjugated double bonds, its ability to quench reactive oxygen species is also strengthened.
2. Reduce membrane permeability, limiting the penetration of oxidants into the cell through many in vitro experiments. They found that the polar end of the bulk astaxanthin powder molecule spans the cell membrane. This can greatly improve the stability and mechanical strength of the cell membrane, reducing membrane permeability. This limits the entry of peroxide promoters such as hydrogen peroxide, tert-butyl hydroperoxide, and ascorbic acid into the cell to avoid oxidative damage to important molecules in the cell.
3. Increase the activity of antioxidant enzymes research found that astaxanthin can increase superoxide dismutase (SOD) and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) activity, and inhibit the production of malondialdehyde (MDA). Thus, astaxanthin protects cells from oxidative damage by activating the intracellular antioxidant system.
4. Inhibit lipid peroxidation
Through experiments, bulk astaxanthin oil can protect phosphatidylcholine from oxidation, avoid unsaturated methyl fatty acid ester peroxidation, and delay the time of liposome peroxidation. It is a carotenoid with strong antioxidant activity.
Comparison of penetration and antioxidant properties
At the point of attraction, both penetration and antioxidant properties of bulk astaxanthin powder are important. However, each of them has its focus. The attraction of penetrability lies in its ability to ensure wide distribution and direct action of astaxanthin in the human body. Its efficacy can be fully utilized. The attraction of antioxidant properties lies in their ability to directly combat free radicals and oxidative damage, protect cell and tissue health, slow down aging and prevent disease. Therefore, it can be said that astaxanthin's penetrating and antioxidant properties are interdependent and complementary. Without penetration, astaxanthin can not be widely distributed and directly act on all parts of the human body. Without antioxidant properties, astaxanthin would not be able to fulfil its function of protecting the health of cells and tissues. Thus, both are important properties that make astaxanthin attractive.
Guanjie Biotech's bulk astaxanthin powder and bulk astaxanthin oil are natural. It is extracted by CO2 supercritical extraction without solvent residue. The natural astaxanthin content is high and the effect is good. We can provide third-party testing, welcome to contact us: info@gybiotech.com.
