Lycopene: A Powerful Nutraceutical with Diversified Health Benefits (2025)

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Lycopene, a tetraterpene of eight isoprene units belongs to the family of carotenoids,abundantly found in tomatoes and its derivative products. It is non provitamin A carotenoidwhich is associated with powerful antioxidant action that may trap reactive oxygenspecies resulting in an increase in the overall antioxidant potential or a reduction in theoxidative damage to proteins, lipids, and DNA, thereby decreasing the oxidative stress. Due tothis, the addition of lycopene to the diet is considered to be important. It is used as a foodcolorant owing to its strong color and non-toxic nature. Recent literature reports havehighlighted the significance of lycopene in health. It exhibits many health benefits in amelioratingcancer, inflammation, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular complications, Parkinson’s disease,Alzheimer’s disease, and hepatic, skin, and bone diseases. In this review, we have summarizedthe information regarding sources, chemistry, extraction techniques, and health benefits oflycopene.

Keywords: Lycopene, health benefits, carotenoid, chemistry, antioxidant, tomato, food colorant.

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Current Traditional Medicine

Title:Lycopene: A Powerful Nutraceutical with Diversified Health Benefits

Volume: 11 Issue: 2

Author(s): Jyoti Singh*, Sahibpreet Singh and Disha Arora

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Chandigarh College of Pharmacy, Chandigarh Group of Colleges, Landran, Mohali, Punjab, India

Keywords: Lycopene, health benefits, carotenoid, chemistry, antioxidant, tomato, food colorant.

Abstract: Lycopene, a tetraterpene of eight isoprene units belongs to the family of carotenoids,abundantly found in tomatoes and its derivative products. It is non provitamin A carotenoidwhich is associated with powerful antioxidant action that may trap reactive oxygenspecies resulting in an increase in the overall antioxidant potential or a reduction in theoxidative damage to proteins, lipids, and DNA, thereby decreasing the oxidative stress. Due tothis, the addition of lycopene to the diet is considered to be important. It is used as a foodcolorant owing to its strong color and non-toxic nature. Recent literature reports havehighlighted the significance of lycopene in health. It exhibits many health benefits in amelioratingcancer, inflammation, diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular complications, Parkinson’s disease,Alzheimer’s disease, and hepatic, skin, and bone diseases. In this review, we have summarizedthe information regarding sources, chemistry, extraction techniques, and health benefits oflycopene.

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Singh Jyoti*, Singh Sahibpreet and Arora Disha, Lycopene: A Powerful Nutraceutical with Diversified Health Benefits, Current Traditional Medicine 2025; 11 (2) : e051023221801 . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/0122150838253252230920114357

DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/0122150838253252230920114357	Print ISSN 2215-0838
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher	Online ISSN 2215-0846

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