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PURPOSE: An anti-inflammatory composition containing astaxanthin is provided to suppress NF-kappaB, iNOS, and TNF-alpha expression without cytotoxicity and to reduce No secretion. CONSTITUTION: An anti-inflammatory composition contains astaxanthin as an active ingredient, which is isolated from Haematococcus pluvialis. An anti-inflammatory agent contains the anti-inflammatory composition as an active ingredient. A health functional food composition for preventing or treating inflammatory diseases contains 0.001-15 wt% of astaxanthin. A method for producing astaxanthin from microalgae comprises a step of culturing Haematococcus pluvialis and a step of extracting astaxanthin from the Haematococcus pluvialis culture.
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