Tomato Extract /Lycopene

CAS: 502-65-8
Lycopene, a carotenoid abundant in tomato, is recognized as a powerful antioxidant with  antioxidability 3 times as effective as β -carotene and 100 times as vitamin E.  Through  avoiding the risk of oxidation on body cells, it  could help prevent prostate cancer  and  some other forms of cancer such as stomach  cancer and skin cancer.

 Lycopene product is extracted form non-polluted quality tomatoes using  advanced  production process. lt is powder of antioxidation processed by the international up-to-date  microcapsule  embedding technology,  possessing the properties  of stable  content and long  validity. Varieties of specifications is available.
 

Function:
Lycopene is a fat-soluble antioxidant that scavenges free radicals.   Free radicals are  molecules that possess a single electron; stable molecules contain pairs of electrons.  Free radicals move around inside the cell and bump into other cells in order to gain the  electron they need to become stable. This "bumping" into other cells causes damage  called oxidation. Oxidation is associated with a number of chronic diseases and is  harmful to DNA.

Antioxidants block the oxidation of molecules in the cells. Of all the antioxidants, which  include vitamins A, C, and E, lycopene has shown the highest physical quenching rate of  the free radical-producing singlet oxygen, nearly twice as high as [beta]-carotene's rate.

Lycopene has what is known as the all-trans configuration in fresh tomatoes.  Applying  heat to tomatoes causes isomerization of the all-trans configuration to a form called     cis-trans. Cis-trans isomers, which are more bioavailable than all-trans isomers,  increase with temperature and processing time. As a result, processed tomato products  have higher levels of lycopene and lycopene bioavailability than fresh tomatoes.