Re: [RML] astaxanthin
Stephen Boulet (stepheb at comm.mot.com)
Mon, 22 Feb 1999 10:25:58 -0600
"Mach T. Fukada" wrote:
>
> I have been looking at lables also. Many fish foods provide alternate
> souces of astaxanthin. i.e. via torula yeast, krill meal, crayfish meal.
> However, they folks at the U were finding that the AI from these sources
> may not be completly used by fish as it is in a chemical form (ester,
> alcohol, etc) not readily absorbed. Result is the fish make red poop ;-).
> MTF
A friend of mine has freeze-dried cyclops, which he says has some
astaxanthin content too, though I don't know how much.
Stephen
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