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Feature Article Men's Health
Antioxidant properties of lycopene Prostate Health
Antioxidant Support Skin Health
Breast Health Stroke
Cancer of the digestive tract Tomatoes, lycopene, and cancer risk
Disease of the central nervous system Women's Health
Eye health Other
Lung Health  

 

Feature Article
The Functions of Tomato Lycopene and Its Role in Human Health 5/04
 
   
Antioxidant properties of lycopene
Lycopene interferes with cell cycle progression and insulin-like growth factor I signaling in mammary cancer cells. 10/00
The antioxidant properties of lycopene. 12/98
Lycopene is a more potent inhibitor of human cancer cell proliferation than either alpha-carotene or beta-carotene. 1/95
 
   
Antioxidant Support  
Processing effects on lycopene content and antioxidant activity of tomatoes. 8/1/01
Evaluation of the Evidence on the Role of Tomato Products in Disease Prevention 6/98
Carotenoids 1/1/96
 
   
Breast Health  
Lycopene inhibition of cell cycle progression in breast and endometrial cancer cells is associated with reduction in cyclin D levels and retention of p27(Kip1) in the cyclin E-cdk2 complexes. 6/7/01
 
   
Cancer of the digestive tract  
A cohort study of nutritional factors and endometrial cancer 1/1/00
Mediterranean Epidemiological Evidence on Tomatoes and the Prevention of Digestive-Tract Cancer 6/98
Determinants of Plasma Anti-oxidant Vitamin Levels in a Population at High Risk for Stomach Cancer 1/1/96
Inhibitory effects of natural carotenoids, a-carotene, b-carotene, lycopene and lutein, on colonic aberrant crypt foci in rats 1/1/96
 
   
Disease of the central nervous system  
Dietary intake of calcium, magnesium and antioxidants in relation to risk of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. 7/1/00
 
   
Eye health  
Serum Antioxidants and Age-Related Macular Degeneration in a Population-Based Case-Control Study 12/1/95
 
   
Lung Health  
Colorful cancer prevention: carotene, lycopene, and lung cancer 10/1/00
Intake of specific carotenoids and risk of lung cancer in 2 prospective US cohorts 10/00
Beta-Carotene Increases Lung Cancer Incidence in Cigarette Smokers 6/5/96
Plasma Concentrations of Carotenoids and Tocopherols in Male Long-Term Tobacco Chewers, Smokers and Nonusers 1/1/96
Plasma Levels of b-Carotene, Lycopene, Canthaxanthin, Retinol, and a- and t-Tocopherol in Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia and Cancer 1/1/96
Effect of smoking on serum nutrient concentrations in African-American women 1/1/94
 
   
Men's Health
Hypocholesterolemic effect of lycopene and beta-carotene is related to suppression of cholesterol synthesis and augmentation of LDL receptor activity in macrophages. 4/28/97
 
   
Prostate Health
Tomatoes, Lycopene, and Prostate Cancer: Progress and Promise 1/1/03
Oxidative DNA damage in prostate cancer patients consuming tomato-sauced based entrees as a whole-food intervention 12/1/02
A prospective study of tomato products, lycopene and prostate cancer risk 3/6/02
Phase II randomized clinical trial of lycopene supplementation before radical prostatectomy. 8/10/01
Phase II Radomized Clinical Trial of Lycopene Supplementation Before Radical Prostatextomy 8/1/01
Response of hormone refractory prostate cancer to lycopene 8/1/01
Serum and Tissue Lycopene and Biomarkers of Oxidation in Prostate Cancer Patients: A Case-Control Study 1/1/99
Lycopene in Association with alpha-Tocopherol Inhibits at Physiological Concentrations Proliferation of Prostate Carcinoma Cells 8/10/98
Cohort Study of Diet, Lifestyle, and Prostate Cancer in Adventisit Men 2/28/98
A Case-control study of diet and prostate cancer 1/1/97
Intake of Carotenoids and Retinol in Relation to Risk of Prostate Cancer 12/6/95
Cis-trans Isomers of Lycopene and Beta-Carotene in Human Serum and Tissues 4/1/94
 
   
Skin Health
Supplementation with tomato-based products increases lycopene, phytofluene, and phytoene levels in human serum and protects against UV-light-induced erythema. 1/1/05
Supplementation with ß-Carotene or a Similar Amount of Mixed Carotenoids Protects Humans from UV-Induced Erythema 8/27/02
Dietary carotenoids contribute to normal skin color and UV photosensitivity 1/1/02
Divergent optimum levels of lycopene, beta-carotene and lutein protecting against UVB irradiation in human fibroblasts 1/1/02
Dietary tomato paste protects against ultraviolet light-induced erythema in humans. 1/1/01
Evidence for antioxidant nutrients-induced pigmentation in skin: Results of a clinical trial. 8/1/97
Skin lycopene is destroyed preferentially over beta-carotene during ultraviolet irradiation in humans 1/1/95
 
   
Stroke
Role of antioxidant lycopene in cancer and heart disease. 10/19/00
 
   
Tomatoes, lycopene, and cancer risk
Lycopene and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 cooperate in the inhibition of cell cycle progression and induction of differentiation in HL-60 leukemic cells. 1/99
 
   
Women's Health
Carotenoids, antioxidants and ovarian cancer risk in pre- and postmenopausal women 10/1/01
Carotenoids, alpha-tocopherols, and retinol in plasma and breast cancer risk in northern Sweden 1/1/01
Acute Phase Response and Plasma Carotenoid Concentrationsin Older Women: Findings From the Nun Study 7/8/96
Effects of Lycopene, a Carotenoid, on Inthrathymic T cell Differentiation and peripheral CD4/CD8 ratio in a High Mammary Tumor Strain of SHN Retired Mice 1/1/96
 
   
Other
Lycopene: Its Role in Human Health and Disease 7/1/03
Inverse association between carotid intima-media thickness and the antioxidant lycopene in atherosclerosis 3/1/02
Lycopene supplementation attenuates the inflammatory status of colitis in a rat model 11/1/01
Plasma antioxidant vitamins and carotenoids and age related cataract 11/1/01
Effects of tomato juice consumption on plasma and lipoprotein carotenoid concentrations and the susceptibility of low density lipoprotein to oxidative modification 6/1/01
Uptake and Disposition of Lycopene and Carotenoids in Rats 6/01
Isomerization of lycopene in the gastric milieu 1/1/01
Metabolic engineering of beta-carotene and lycopene content in tomato fruit 11/00
Age-related changes in plasma lycopene concentrations, but not in vitamin E, are associated with fat mass 1/1/00
Effect of high-pressure treatment on the carotenoid composition and the radical scavenging activity of persimmon fruit purees 1/1/00
Supercritical CO2 extraction of beta-carotene and lycopene from tomato paste waste 1/1/00
Inhibitory effect of lycopene on cataract development in galactosemic rats 11/1/97
The Potential Role of Lycopene for Human Health 1/1/97
Antioxidant Consumption During Exercise in Intermittent Claudication 1/1/95
Absorption and Transport of Carotenoids 12/31/93
Uptake of lycopene and its geometrical isomers id greater from heat-processed the from unprocessed tomato juice in humans 11/1/92
Carotenoids Up-Regulate Connexin43 Gene Expression Independent of Their Provitamin A or Antioxidant Properties 10/15/92
SERUM RESPONSE OF ALL-TRANS BETA-CAROTENE AND LYCOPENE IN HUMANS AFTER INGESTION OF INDIVIDUAL AND COMBINED DOSES OF BETA-CAROTENE AND LYCOPENE