“…Currently, natural biologically active substances (BASs), which have beneficial properties for human health, are of great interest to the consumer. A special place among these BASs is occupied by carotenoids (CRs), which are characterized by a high potential for protecting the body from a wide range of diseases, such as chronic inflammatory [ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ], neurodegenerative [ 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 ], cardiovascular [ 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 ], cancer [ 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 ], metabolic syndrome and diabetes [ 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 ], liver [ 22 , 23 ], skin [ 24 , 25 , 26 ] and eye [ 27 ] diseases, exercise-induced fatigue [ 21 ], infertility [ 28 , 29 ] and many other pathologies. Carotenoids are of particular interest as an adjuvant drug to reduce the cytokine storm, including those associated with COVID-19 [ 30 , 31 ].…”