13th World Congress of Food Science &Amp; Technology 2006
DOI: 10.1051/iufost:20060393
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Intestinal absorption of lycopene from different foods

Abstract: Lycopene is the main carotenoid in tomatoes. With its eleven linearly arranged conjugated double bonds it shows high antioxidant activity. Recent epidemiological studies implicate lycopene in the prevention of cardiovascular diseases and cancer. Human intervention studies (6 w or 4 w intervention period) with 5 mg/d or 12.5 mg/d of lycopene comprised in tomatoes, tomato juice, tomato purée and tomato oleoresin capsules showed a good intestinal absorption of lycopene. These results indicate an improved availabi… Show more

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