Abstract: The invention concerns methods of treating or preventing the effects of irradiation in a human or non-human animal using carotenoid compounds, preferably diadinoxanthin, diatoxanthin and/or fucoxanthin as well as photoprotective compositions and their use to prepare photoprotective or photoprotected products.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 23, 2006
Date of Patent:
September 16, 2014
Assignee:
Promar AS
Inventors:
Geir Johnsen, Per Age Lysaa, Kristin Aamodt
Abstract: The present invention relates to a new strain of Micrococcus luteus, named Otnes7, which is superior to known strains in its ability to synthesise the carotenoid sarcinaxanthin and a method of producing sarcinaxanthin or a derivative thereof, said method comprising introducing into and expressing in a host cell one or more nucleic acid molecules encoding an activity in the sarcinaxanthin biosynthetic pathway.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 1, 2011
Publication date:
May 23, 2013
Applicant:
Promar AS
Inventors:
Roman Netzer, Trygve Brautaset, Per Bruheim
Abstract: The invention concerns methods of treating or preventing the effects of irradiation in a human or non-human animal using sarcinaxanthin and related compounds (particularly its glycosides) as well as photoprotective compositions and their use to prepare photoprotective or photoprotected products.
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