Veris Research Information Service maintains an excellent website on the role of nutrition in health with an emphasis on antioxidants. They also publish a newsletter whose goal is to present peer-reviewed scientific information in an accurate and objective manner.

Oxidative stress research at the University of Otago (New Zealand), where a mailing list for those interested in oxidative stress is maintained.

The Oxygen Society is a professional organization comprised of over 1,100 scientists, researchers and clincians with an interest in the field of free radical biology, chemistry and medicine."

The Packer Lab studies how reactive oxidants are generated in biological systems, how redox-based antioxidants and other natural antioxidants respond to oxidative stress and how these processes modulate gene expression. One of their pages has a detailed description of the Vitamin E antioxidant cycle.

The American Society for Nutritional Sciences publishes the Journal of Nutrition and maintains a database on nutrients.

The American Society for Clinical Nutrition publishes the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

The International Bibliographic Information on Dietary Supplements is a database of published, international, scientific literature on dietary supplements, including vitamins, minerals, and botanicals. IBIDS is produced by the Office of Dietary Supplements at the National Institutes of Health to assist the public, health care providers, educators, and researchers in locating credible, scientific information on dietary supplements.

Numerous other websites offer information on health and nutrition, including:

• The U. S. Department of Health and Human Services "Healthfinder".

• The American Medical Association's "Health Insight".

• The U. S. Food and Drug Administration.

• The U. S. National Library of Medicine, which provides the public with consumer health information through its searchable database MEDLINE Plus.

The USDA-NCC Carotenoid Database for U.S. Foods a collaborative effort between the USDA and the Nutrition Coordinating Center (NCC) at the University of Minnesota and was partially funded with grants from the National Cancer Institute.

The Council for Responsible Nutrition is a trade association representing more than 100 companies in the nutritional supplements, ingredients and other nutritional supplements industry.

Prof. Dr. Hanspeter Pfander's research group at the University of Bern, Switzerland, maintains an informational website on carotenoids.

The International Carotenoid Society promotes, supports, and encourages all areas of carotenoid science, pure and applied, academic and commercial, research and educational.

Several patents have been issued for the use of astaxanthin and other carotenoids for health benefits. The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) maintains a searchable database of all patents issued in the U.S. The World Intellectual Property Organization maintains a searchable database of all published international (Patent Cooperation Treaty) patent applications.

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