Astaxanthin (1), a red-orange carotenoid pigment, is a powerful biological antioxidant that occurs naturally in a wide variety of living organisms. The potent antioxidant property of 1 has been implicated in its various biological activities demonstrated in both experimental animals and clinical studies. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/np050354%2B

The 2014 international Symposium on Carotenoids will be held in Park City Resort, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
This Symposium will be hosted and organized by:
Professor Paul S. Bernstein, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Moran Eye Center, University of Utah, 65 Mario Capecchi Drive, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA 84132
Tel: 801-581-6078, Fax: 801-581-3357, e-mail: paul.bernstein@hsc.utah.edu