Lycopene

Clinical Studies

The role of diet and nutrition in cervical carcinogenesis: a review of recent evidence.

Extraction and chromatography of carotenoids from pumpkin.

Characteristics of fruit ripening in tomato mutant epi.

Identification of genes affecting lycopene accumulation in Escherichia coli using a shot-gun method.

Dietary and plasma lycopene and the risk of breast cancer.

Identifying gene targets for the metabolic engineering of lycopene biosynthesis in Escherichia coli.

Bioactive compounds of grapefruit (Citrus paradisi Cv. Rio Red) respond differently to postharvest irradiation, storage, and freeze drying.

Plasma lycopene, other carotenoids, and retinol and the risk of cardiovascular disease in men.

Paraoxonase 1 Q192R (PON1-192) polymorphism is associated with reduced lipid peroxidation in healthy young men on a low-carotenoid diet supplemented with tomato juice.

Effect of lycopene supplementation on lung function after exercise in young athletes who complain of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction symptoms.

The tomato as a functional food.

A study to determine plasma antioxidant concentrations in patients with Barrett's oesophagus.

Passionflower fruit-a "new" source of lycopene?

Optothermistor as a breakthrough in the quantification of lycopene content of thermally processed tomato-based foods: verification versus absorption spectrophotometry and high-performance liquid chromatography.

Complementary and alternative medicine patients are talking about: lycopene.

Lycopene: a word of caution.

Identification of a carotenoid oxygenase synthesizing acyclic xanthophylls: combinatorial biosynthesis and directed evolution.

Supplementation with tomato-based products increases lycopene, phytofluene, and phytoene levels in human serum and protects against UV-light-induced erythema.

Nondestructive determination of solids and carotenoids in tomato products by near-infrared spectroscopy and multivariate calibration.

Carotenoid pigmentation affects the volatile composition of tomato and watermelon fruits, as revealed by comparative genetic analyses.