LYCOPENE
- Sources and benefits
- What is lycopene?
- Where it is found?
- How is it helpful?
- How to incorporate it in our daily diet?
Description:
It is the pigment present in red colour fruits and vegetables like
- Tomato (टोमॅटो)
- Watermelon (कलिंगड)
- Apricot (जर्दाळू)
- Pink guava. (गुलाबी पेरू)
- Pomegranate.(डाळिंब)
- Papaya (पपई)
Lycopene possesses antioxidant properties-
- It reduces the oxidative stress.
- It helps in detoxification of body.
- Prevention of chronic diseases-Cancers, osteoarthritis, cardiovascular
diseases.
- Lycopene is fat soluble compound.
- Some studies shows that when the tomato juices is heated the bioavailability
of it increased.
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