Health benefits of carotenoids and potential application in poultry industry: A review

• Published in: Journal of animal physiology and animal nutrition Vol. 104; no. 6; pp. 1809 - 1818
• Main Authors: Nabi, Fazul, Arain, Muhammad A., Rajput, Nasir, Alagawany, Mahmoud, Soomro, Jamila, Umer, Muhammad, Soomro, Feroza, Wang, Zhongqing, Ye, Ruiling, Liu, Juan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Germany Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.11.2020
• Subjects: animal nutrition; animal physiology; Anticancer properties; Antiinfectives and antibacterials; Antioxidants; beak; bioactive properties; Biological activity; Birds; Carotenoids; Diabetes mellitus; Dietary supplements; egg yolk; eggs; feed additive; Feed additives; Free radicals; Fungi; health benefits; health promotion; health status; Immunomodulation; Immunomodulators; Inflammation; Ingredients; Lipids; Meat; medicine; microalgae; Neuroprotection; Nutrient deficiency; Nutrients; Oxidative stress; Pigmentation; Pigments; Poultry; Poultry feed; poultry industry; product quality; Signal transduction; therapeutics; Yolk; feed additive; poultry; carotenoids; health benefits; bioactive properties

Carotenoids are one of the widespread and ubiquitous lipid‐soluble pigments that produce a wide range of colours which are universally found in various plants, microalgae, bacteria and fungi. Recently, interest in using carotenoids as feed ingredients has increased markedly owing to their bioactive...