Tomato Extract Lycopene Powder

Lycopene is a kind of carotene, as a powerful antioxidant abundant in red tomatoes and processed tomato products. It is the elemental nutriment in human body with good physiological effect. It’s may help prevent prostate cancer and some other forms of cancer, heart disease, and other serious diseases. Ongoing preliminary research suggests that lycopene is associated with reduced risk of macular degenerative disease, serum lipid oxidation and cancers of the lung, bladder, cervix and skin. Studies are underway to investigate other potential benefits of lycopene – including the H.J. Heinz Company sponsored research at the University of Toronto and at the American Health Foundation. These studies will focus on lycopene’s possible role in the fight against cancers of the digestive tract, breast and prostate cancer.

Solubility: Lycopene is insoluble in water, and can be dissolved only in organic solvents and oils.

Product Name	Tomato Extract Lycopene Powder	Classification	Food Colorants
Botanical Source	Lycopersicon esculentum Mill	Extract part	Fruit
Active Ingredient	lycopene	Specification	5%-98%
Molecular Formula	C40H56	Cas No.	502-65-8
EINECS	207-949-1	Usage	food & beverage dyeing
Appearance	Fine Red powder	Form	powder/liquid

Lycopene Function

1. It’s widely used in food industry as natural colorant.

2. It’s can prevent and suppress cancer.

3. Protect cardiovascular system.

4. Anti-ultraviolet radiation.

5. Suppression mutagenesis.

6.Also it’s has the function of anti-aging and enhancing immunity.

7. Improving skin allergies.

Lycopene may be the most powerful carotenoid quencher of singlet oxygen, being 100 times more efficient in test tube studies of singlet-oxygen quenching action than vitamin E, which in turn has 125 times the quenching action of glutathione.

Application.

– Pharmaceutical stuff

– Functional food and food additive