Health benefits of fucoxanthin areanticancer effect — it is evaluated that neoxanthin and fucoxanthin
were reported to cause a remarkable reduction in growth of prostatecancer cells, and also demonstrated antiobesity activity and antiinflammatory activity (Miyashita & Hosokawa, 2008). Fucoxanthin isother major biofunctional pigment of brown seaweeds and thecontent in various edible seaweeds including U. pinnatifida has beenreviewed by Hosakawa, Bhaskar, Sashima, and Miyashita (2006).