Lycopene

Clinical Studies

Protective effects of lycopene and tomato extract against doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity.

Biosynthesis of the xanthophyll plectaniaxanthin as a stress response in the red yeast Dioszegia (Tremellales, Heterobasidiomycetes, Fungi).

Novel lycopene metabolites are detectable in plasma of preruminant calves after lycopene supplementation.

Usefulness of nutraceutics in controlling oxidative stress in dairy cows around parturition.

Carotenoid biosynthesis in Gloeobacter violaceus PCC4721 involves a single crtI-type phytoene desaturase instead of typical cyanobacterial enzymes.

Lipids of Haloferax alexandrinus strain TM(T): an extremely halophilic canthaxanthin-producing archaeon.

Monocyclic carotenoid biosynthetic pathway in the yeast Phaffia rhodozyma (Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous).

Efficient light harvesting through carotenoids.

The photosynthetic apparatus of Prochlorococcus: Insights through comparative genomics.

Photoprotection in a zeaxanthin- and lutein-deficient double mutant of Arabidopsis.

Xanthophyll cycle-dependent nonphotochemical quenching in Photosystem II: Mechanistic insights gained from Arabidopsis thaliana L. mutants that lack violaxanthin deepoxidase activity and/or lutein.

Lycopene and prostate cancer: emerging evidence.

Lycopene induces apoptosis in immortalized fibroblasts exposed to tobacco smoke condensate through arresting cell cycle and down-regulating cyclin D1, pAKT and pBad.

Tomato juice prevents senescence-accelerated mouse P1 strain from developing emphysema induced by chronic exposure to tobacco smoke.

Chromatographic determination of the effect of storage on lycopene.

Enhanced lycopene productivity by manipulation of carbon flow to isopentenyl diphosphate in Escherichia coli.

The beneficial effects of tomatoes.

Lycopene supplementation attenuated xanthine oxidase and myeloperoxidase activities in skeletal muscle tissues of rats after exhaustive exercise.

High serum carotenoids are inversely associated with serum gamma-glutamyltransferase in alcohol drinkers within normal liver function.

Inhibitory effects of lycopene on in vitro platelet activation and in vivo prevention of thrombus formation.