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lycopene

Protective effect against prostate cancer. [1] Protective against heart disease [4] May help rrevent skin from sun damage [4] Bioavailability is better from tomato paste than fresh tomatoes [2,3,4]. Food sources: [4] 1) tomatoes have more lycopene than any other food 2) other sources are foods rarely cooked -> watermelon, papaya, pink grapefruit, guava

General

carotenoid

Database Correlations

PUBCHEM correlations

References

  1. Giovannuccu E et al Intake of carotenoids and retinol in relation to risk of prostate cancer. JNCI 87(23):1767, 1995 PMID: 7473833
  2. Gartner C et al Lycopene is more bioavailable from tomato paste than from fresh tomatoes. Am J Clin Nutr 66:116, 1997 PMID: 9209178
  3. Barber NJ, Barber J Lycopene and prostate cancer. Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases (2002) 5, 6-12 PMID: 15195123 http://www.nature.com/pcan/journal/v5/n1/full/4500560a.html
  4. Harvard School of Public Health per MSNBC 03/28/04