Definition of "fucoxanthin" []

• A brown carotenoid pigment, C40H60O6, found in brown algae. (noun)

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• "Rhodophyta contains the pigment phycobilin, giving it a red color while the group Chrysophaceae contain the pigment fucoxanthin which gives them a golden color."
• "The brown colour of the seaweed is due to the brown pigment fucoxanthin overriding the green pigment chlorophyll."
• "They found that fucoxanthin, the brown pigment in the seaweed, promoted a 5 percent to 10 percent weight loss in mice and rats by shrinking abdominal fat."