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Lycopene

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Category Healthcare Supplement
City / Port Beijing, CN, China
Description antioxidant mechanism . Lycopene is an antioxidant compound that gives tomatoes and certain other fruits and vegetables their color. It is one of the major carotenoids in the diet of North Americans and Europeans.

In addition,lycopene may also help prevent heart disease through this same antioxidant mechanism via an inhibition of oxidative damage to LDL cholesterol. Finally,lycopene is known to play a role, along with beta-carotene,in protecting the skin from the damaging effects of ultra-violet light radiation.
Date 2007 Dec 5, 20:12