Cyanotech Corporation is a micro-algae producing company leasing land in the Natural Energy Lab of Hawaii on the Kona Coast of the island of Hawaii. The company produces BioAstin® Natural

Astaxanthin Astaxanthin is a keto- carotenoid within a group of chemical compounds known as terpenes. Astaxanthin is a metabolite of zeaxanthin and canthaxanthin, containing both hydroxyl and ketone functional groups. It is a lipid-soluble pigment with r ...

and Hawaiian Spirulina Pacifica.

History

Cyanotech was co-founded in 1983 by Gerry Cysewski. The Bioastin brand was approved by the FDA as the first generally recognized as safe product containing Astaxanthin in 1999.

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