1. A method for treating or preventing consequences of irradiation in a human or an animal other than the human, where the photoprotective composition containing a carotenoid, which has the formula: wherein each of R R, which may be identical or different, represent a hydrogen atom or a saccharide or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative or salt thereof, together with one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipient and / or diluent is administered to said human or animal other than cheloveka.2. The method of claim 1, wherein said saccharide is monosaharid.3. A method according to claim 2, wherein said monosaccharide is glucose or mannozu.4. A method according to claim 1, wherein said carotenoid is sartsinaksantin, sartsinaksantina monoglucoside or sartsinaksantina diglucoside, or a pharmaceutically acceptable derivative or salt thereof, preferably 7,8-digidrosartsinaksantin or sartsinaksantina suktsinat.5. A method according to claim 1, wherein said pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives thereof are the cis and trans isomers of the naturally occurring seko-, apo- and nor-carotenoid derivatives, epoxy derivatives and decomposition products or the dehydrated derivatives prolekarstva.6. A method according to claim 1, wherein said carotenoid compound used in said composition purified to a purity of more than 30% .7. A method according to claim 1, wherein said carotenoid compounds prepared or isolated from natural istochnikov.8. A method according to claim 1, wherein said carotenoid compounds produced synthetically putem.9. A method according to claim 1, wherein the carotenoid compound in the composition is combined with additional sunscreen with1. Способ лечения или предупреждения последствий облучения у человека или животного, отличного от человека, где фотозащитную композицию, содержащую каротиноид, который имеет формулу:,где каждый из R1 и R2, которые могут быть одинаковыми или разными, представляет собой атом водорода или сахарид,или его фармацевтически приемл