nostoglycan from Nostoc sphaeroides and demonstrated that this compound is
capable of reducing the reactive oxygen species and also can inhibit the growth of
numerous tumor cells.
Thus, polysaccharides have a great potential to be applied in food and pharmaceutical industries.
Fig. 4.4 Metabolic pathway of astaxanthin in the microalgae Haematococcus pluvialis. Enzymes
are 1: 4,4
0 -ketolase, 2: 4,4
0 -ketolase, 3: 3
0 3-hydroxylase, 4: 3
0 3-hydroxylase (Cuellar-Bermudez
et al. 2014)
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