2.characters: red orange powder, insoluble in water, soluble in
somen organic solvents, such as chloroform, hexane, petroleum ether
ect.
3.applications:
(1)in food industry, as functional edible pigment, fucoxanthin can
not only improve food color, but also increase the nutrition
(2)in pharmaceutical industry: due to its antioxidant, losing
weight, preventing diabetes, anti-tumor and other biological
activities, fucoxanthin can be used to develop the medicines for
diabetes, tumor, reducing weight, enhancing immunity.
