Component
Human arterial stiffness after astaxanthin
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What it does
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What acts on it
XANTHIN randomized 61 renal-transplant recipients to 12 mg/day astaxanthin or placebo for one year and found no effect on arterial stiffness.
Experimental context and source evidence
- evidence_access
- Primary abstract
- experimental_model
- Human randomized trial; 58 completed.
- limitations
- Population and endpoint differ from cell and healthy-volunteer studies; variability limited power.
- nutrient_topic
- Astaxanthin collection; molecular form, preparation, species, exposure and manipulation remain explicit. · Astaxanthin
- plain_language
- A longer clinical trial did not reproduce the expected vascular benefit.
- primary_references
- Astaxanthin has no effect on arterial stiffness, oxidative stress, or inflammation in renal transplant recipients: a randomized controlled trial (the XANTHIN trial). · 2016 · https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26675778/ · DOI 10.3945/ajcn.115.115477
Astaxanthin: transport, membrane chemistry, signaling and nutrient interactions (2026-09-19) · lines 430–436
AI-assisted research curation; primary-abstract references and experimental limitations individually identified. Not publisher full text. · supports · Human randomized trial; 58 completed. · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
## astaxanthin-xanthin-stiffness-null A longer clinical trial did not reproduce the expected vascular benefit. XANTHIN randomized 61 renal-transplant recipients to 12 mg/day astaxanthin or placebo for one year and found no effect on arterial stiffness. Model: Human randomized trial; 58 completed. Limitations: Population and endpoint differ from cell and healthy-volunteer studies; variability limited power. Evidence access: Primary abstract Astaxanthin has no effect on arterial stiffness, oxidative stress, or inflammation in renal transplant recipients: a randomized controlled trial (the XANTHIN trial). · 2016 · https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26675778/ · DOI 10.3945/ajcn.115.115477
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