Smriti Jagdhari Golhar
Oral Submucous Fibrosis (OSMF) is a precancerous condition of the oral mucosa and caused by chewing areca nut and gutkha. There are various types of treatment modalities like conservative and invasive which are used to improve signs and symptoms of oral submucous fibrosis but have shown unsatisfactory results and are not curative. Astaxanthin (reddish pigment) carotenoid is a newer antioxidant which occurs naturally in certain algae and many of seafoods and possess potent cancer chemopreventive properties. It’s comparatively found to be more effective than other antioxidants.