Astaxanthin (AX), a lipid-soluble pigment belonging to the xanthophyll carotenoids family,
has recently garnered significant attention due to its unique physical properties, biochemical …

Within the past several decades, resource trade‐offs have emerged as the commonly
accepted explanation for how carotenoid‐based coloration links to individual performance …

Many genes are subject to contradictory selection pressures in males and females, and
balancing selection resulting from sexual conflict has the potential to substantially increase …

Dietary carotenoids have been proposed to boost immune system and antioxidant functions
in vertebrate animals, but studies aimed at testing these physiological functions of …

Urban environmental pollution results in contamination of the tissues of synanthropic
organisms by toxic trace elements with potential impacts on human health. Passerine birds …

During migration, birds substantially increase their metabolic rate and burn fats as fuel and
yet somehow avoid succumbing to overwhelming oxidative damage. The physiological …

Carotenoids have good biological activity in antioxidant, anti-aging and scavenging harmful
free radicals. In this study, we screened a strain that produced carotenoids, and selected a …

Lead (Pb) is a pervasive global contaminant that interferes with sensitive windows for
neurological development and causes oxidative damage to tissues. The effects of moderate …

The body color of aquatic products is a key indicator that aquaculture practitioners use to
evaluate health status and consumers use to judge quality. Carotenoids are natural …

Though many animal ornaments and signals are sensitive to and encode information about
the oxidative balance (OB) of individuals (eg, antioxidant supplies/activity, reactive oxygen …